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Lotus-eater

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Noun

1. lotus-eater, stargazer

someone indifferent to the busy world

Example Sentences:
'in the Odyssey Homer tells of lotus-eaters who live in dreamy indolence'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lotus-eater

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noun
Greek mythology
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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Lotus-eater

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noun
in the Odyssey, one of a people who ate the fruit of the lotus and consequently became indolent, dreamy, and forgetful of duty

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lotus-eater

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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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