lotus-eater

[ loh-tuh s-ee-ter ]

/ ˈloʊ təsˌi tər /

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

1825–35; singular of lotus-eaters, translation of Greek Lōtophágoi, noun use of masculine plural of lōtophágos lotus-eating. See lotus, -phagous

Words nearby lotus-eater

lottie, lotto, lotus, lotus of the good law, lotus position, lotus-eater, lotze, lou, lou gehrig's disease, louangphrabang, louche

Example sentences from the Web for lotus-eater

About it were chairs and divans that would have satisfied a lotus-eater.
We Can't Have Everything|Rupert Hughes
We may be happy for a brief while, with the brief happiness of a lotus-eater; but it cannot last—it cannot last!
A Changed Heart|May Agnes Fleming
She was dreaming already with her eyes open, and she sank into number six in a lotus-eater's reverie.
Excuse Me!|Rupert Hughes
The fog lifted and I've been living the life of a lotus-eater—but now I've got to go back into the fog.
The Tyranny of Weakness|Charles Neville Buck

Thus we mark the inner transition: the active principle of that which was a passive Lotus-eater is the Cyclops, a Polyphemus.
Homer's Odyssey|Denton J. Snider

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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