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Lotus Eater - 2 dictionary results

lo⋅tus-eat⋅er

[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.

Origin:
1825–35; sing. of lotus-eaters, trans. of Gk Lōtophágoi, n. use of masc. pl. of lōtophágos lotus-eating. See lotus, -phagous
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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