lotus-eater

lo·tus-eat·er

(lō′təs-ē′tər)

n.

1. Lotus-eater or Lotus Eater Greek Mythology One of a people described in the Odyssey who lived in a drugged, indolent state from feeding on the lotus.

2. A lazy person devoted to pleasure and luxury.

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lotus-eater

n

(Classical Myth & Legend) 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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lo′tus-eat`er

n.

1. a member of a people in Homer's Odyssey who, from eating the fruit of the legendary lotus, lived in a state of languorous forgetfulness.

2. a person who leads a life of indolent ease.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

lotus-eater - someone indifferent to the busy world; "in the Odyssey Homer tells of lotus-eaters who live in dreamy indolence" stargazer daydreamer, woolgatherer - someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming

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Translations

lotus-eater

n → Lotophage m, → Lotosesser(in) m(f); (fig) → Müßiggänger(in) m(f)

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