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Lotus-eater
Pronunciation : Lo"tus-eat`er, Lo"tos-eat`er
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: 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.
(Class. Myth.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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