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lotus-eater

noun lo·tus-eat·er \ ˈlō-təs-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

1670

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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