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Definition of Lotus-eater
1. Noun. Someone indifferent to the busy world. "In the Odyssey Homer tells of lotus-eaters who live in dreamy indolence"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lotus-eater
Literary usage of Lotus-eater
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Holland House Circle by Lloyd Charles Sanders (1908)
"... in conversation—His residence in India—Mackintosh in the House—In bondage to
the Whigs—Ignored and slighted—A literary lotus- eater—Francis Horner—His ..."
2. Our Famous Women: An Authorized Record of the Lives and Deeds of (1885)
"... attracted — "Africa" — " The Lotus-Eater" — Studies and Travels Abroad —"Roma" —"A
Thinking Statue" —Commission from the State of Massachusetts — Statue ..."
3. Queer Things about Egypt by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1911)
"CHAPTER XXIX Luxor, the City of the lotus-eater LUXOR is the city of the lotus-eater.
Here the scenery and climate of the Nile reach perfection. ..."
4. Mexican Trails: A Record of Travel in Mexico, 1904-7, and a Glimpse at the by Stanton Davis Kirkham (1909)
"... CHAPTER VA lotus-eater IN CUERNAVACA AS often as I was thawed by the genial
mornings it was to be congealed again by the frosty evenings of Mexico City. ..."
5. Twenty Years Ago: A Book of Anecdote Illustrating Literary Life in London by Edmund Downey (1905)
"A lotus-eater. " TOM " PURNELL was one of the most remarkable men "on Fleet
Street" during the 'Seventies and 'Eighties. He was indolent, erratic, ..."
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