Definition of "lotus-eater" [lo•tus-eat•er]

• Greek Mythology One of a people described in the Odyssey who lived in a drugged, indolent state from feeding on the lotus. (noun)
• A lazy person devoted to pleasure and luxury. (noun)

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• "After one night's smoking he acquires a fascination for opium and fellow lotus-eater Maung Ba Ohn. Robinson writes, Occasionally I had met men upon whom it was good to look."
• "Being by nature a lotus-eater, I hope to avoid this fate."
• "The fabled lotus-eater wished never to leave the isle whence he had plucked it."