Meanings
comparative more poppied · superlative most poppied
- Full of, decorated with, or otherwise containing poppies.
poppied corn
1818, John Keats, “Book I”, in Endymion: A Poetic Romance, London: […] T[homas] Miller, […] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 1 - Affected by, or as if by, opium; drowsy; listless; inactive.
The poppied sails doze on the yard.
1869, James Russell Lowell, Pictures from Appledore1 more example
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?
1923, Christina Rossetti, Come Hither: A Collection of Rhymes and Poems for the Young of All Ages
Origin
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