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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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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