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LOTUS-EATER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lotus-eater mean?
• LOTUS-EATER (noun)
The noun LOTUS-EATER has 1 sense:
1. someone indifferent to the busy world
Familiarity information: LOTUS-EATER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone indifferent to the busy world
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
lotus-eater; stargazer
Context example:
in the Odyssey Homer tells of lotus-eaters who live in dreamy indolence
Hypernyms ("lotus-eater" is a kind of...):
daydreamer; woolgatherer (someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming)
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"Gentle doctors cause smelly wounds." (Dutch proverb)