ppl. a. [f. TRAFFIC v. (or sb.) + -ED.] † a. That has trafficked or traded abroad; experienced in traffic (obs. rare); cf. travelled, well-read, well-spoken. † b. Traversed or explored for traffic or trade (obs. rare). c. Made the subject of traffic; dealt in as merchandise. d. Used for, or beaten or worn by traffic, as a road.
1561. T. Hoby, trans. Castiglione’s Courtyer, III. (1577), N v b. I vnderstood by merchaunt men a long time trafficked in that countrey.
1627. May, Lucan, VIII. (1631), 364. Let fortune then our sad, and ship wrack’d state Beyond the knowne, and traffiqu’d world translate.
1875. Lanier, Symphony, 234. O trafficked hearts that break in twain.
1909. Westm. Gaz., 30 Aug., 2/1. On lightly trafficked roads.
