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canopied

canopied adjective: covered overhead with (or as if with) a canopy. Also the simple past and past participle of canopy.

Adjective

canopied (not comparable)

  1. covered overhead with (or as if with) a canopy.
    • In the seal of Edward III. and Richard II. the king is seated in a niche, which is canopied and pinnacled in the usual style of niches in architectural work.1854, Edward Lewes Cutts, An Essay on Church Furniture and Decoration, London: John Crockford, “Wood-Work,” pp. 32-3
    • He slept there from time to time, in the fantasy of the canopied bed, with its countless pillows.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 8, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN

Also used as

canopied is also the simple past and past participle of canopy.

Origin of canopied

From canopy + -ed.

Words formed from canopied

Questions about canopied

What does canopied mean?
Canopied means covered overhead with (or as if with) a canopy.
What part of speech is canopied?
Canopied is an adjective.

Words near canopied in the dictionary

  1. canophilists
  2. canophobia
  3. canopic
  4. canopic jar
  5. canopic jars
  6. canopied
  7. canopies
  8. Canopus
  9. Canopuses
  10. canopy
  11. canopy bed

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