lotus-eater
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lo·tus–eat·er

noun \-ˌē-tər\

Definition of LOTUS-EATER

1
: any of a people in Homer's Odyssey subsisting on the lotus and living in the dreamy indolence it induces
2
: an indolent person

First Known Use of LOTUS-EATER

1832

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