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lotus-eater

[loh-tuhs-ee-ter]

noun

  1. 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.

  2. a person who leads a life of dreamy, indolent ease, indifferent to the busy world; daydreamer.



lotus-eater

noun

  1. 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of lotus-eater1

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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A practiced lotus-eater, she finds the drug that will help her realize this ambition.

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I wanted to become a lotus-eater and stay forever.

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Another is Second Home, a shared workspace created by Silva and his business partner, Sam Aldenton, an enclave where industrious tech businesses can get in touch with their inner lotus-eater.

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I felt a dash of the infatuation of the lotus-eater, in his "—land that seemed always afternoon."

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Is this the existence of the lotus-eater, Marian?

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