Lotus-eater

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lotus-eater \Lo"tus-eat`er\ (l[=o]"t[u^]s-[=e]t`[~e]r),
  Lotos-eater \Lo"tos-eat`er\ (l[=o]"t[o^]s-[=e]t`[~e]r), n.
     (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.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           The mild-eyed melancholy Lotos-eaters.   --Tennyson.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lotus-eater
       n : someone indifferent to the busy world; "in the Odyssey Homer
           tells of lotus-eaters who live in dreamy indolence" [syn:
            {stargazer}]