lotus eater
təsˌi 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.
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| lotus-eater | |
| —n | |
| 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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