poppied

English

Etymology

From poppy +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɒpid/

Adjective

poppied (comparative more poppied, superlative most poppied)

1. Full of, decorated with, or otherwise containing poppies.
   • 1818, John Keats, “Book I”, in Endymion: A Poetic Romance, London: […] T[homas] Miller, […] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 1:

     poppied corn

2. Affected by, or as if by, opium; drowsy; listless; inactive.
   • 1869, James Russell Lowell, Pictures from Appledore:

     The poppied sails doze on the yard.

   • 1923, Christina Rossetti, Come Hither: A Collection of Rhymes and Poems for the Young of All Ages:

     Young Love lies drowsing
     Away to poppied death;
     Cool shadows deepen
     Across the sleeping face:
     So fails the summer
     With warm, delicious breath;
     And what hath autumn
     To give us in its place?
     

References

• “poppied”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.