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Lotos-eater
{
Lo′tus-eatˊer
(lō′tŭs-ētˊẽr)
, Lo′tos-eatˊer
(lō′tŏs-ētˊẽr)
, } Noun.
(Class. Myth.)
One who ate the fruit or leaf of the lotus, and, as a consequence, gave himself up to indolence and daydreams; one of the
Lotophagi
. The mild-eyed melancholy
Lotos-eaters
. Tennyson.