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lotus-eater

[ loh-tuhs-ee-ter ]
/ ˈloʊ təsˌi tər /
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noun
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.
a person who leads a life of dreamy, indolent ease, indifferent to the busy world; daydreamer.
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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

Words nearby lotus-eater

lotte, lottery, Lottie, lotto, lotus, lotus-eater, Lotus of the Good Law, lotus position, Lotus Sutra, Lotze, Lou
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bum, deadbeat, good-for-nothing, goof off, idler, laggard, layabout, lazybones, loafer, lounger, malingerer, moocher, shirker, slacker, sloth, sponger, clock watcher, couch potato

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British Dictionary definitions for lotus-eater

lotus-eater
noun
Greek myth one of a people encountered by Odysseus in North Africa who lived in indolent forgetfulness, drugged by the fruit of the legendary lotus
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