Empeopled

/ɛmˈpiːpəld/ adjective

Definition

Filled with people; populated or inhabited.

Etymology

From empeople + -ed (past participle/adjective marker). The past tense or adjectival form describing a place that has been filled with inhabitants.

Kelly Says

You'll occasionally find this in older literature describing grand cities—'the empeopled streets'—it's a poetic way of saying 'crowded with people' that sounds far more elegant than our modern prose.

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