lotus-eater
Americannoun
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Classical Mythology. a member of a people whom Odysseus found existing in a state of languorous forgetfulness induced by their eating of the fruit of the legendary lotus; one of the lotophagi.
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a person who leads a life of dreamy, indolent ease, indifferent to the busy world; daydreamer.
noun
Etymology
Origin of lotus-eater
First recorded in 1660–80; singular of lotus-eaters, translation of Latin Lōtophagī, from Greek Lōtophágoi, noun use of masculine plural adjective lōtophágos “lotus-eating.” See lotus, -phagous
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Example Sentences
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In this case I waited till I felt like a lotus-eater who could have stayed on forever.
From A-Birding on a Bronco by Merriam, Florence A.
It was aristocratic, enchantingly indolent, like the face of a happy lotus-eater.
From The Garden of Allah by Hichens, Robert Smythe
About it were chairs and divans that would have satisfied a lotus-eater.
From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert
The fabled lotus-eater wished never to leave the isle whence he had plucked it.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. by Various
A moment he yielded to the temptation of the lotus-eater and continued to luxuriate in the lap of Arcadia.
From A Man and His Money by Isham, Frederic Stewart
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