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lotus–eater
noun lo·tus–eat·er \-ˌē-tər\
Definition of LOTUS-EATER
1
: any of a people in Homer's Odyssey subsisting on the lotus and living in the dreamy indolence it induces
2
: an indolent person
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First Known Use of LOTUS-EATER
1832
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- Synonyms
- couch potato, deadbeat, do-nothing, drone, idler, layabout, loafer, lotus-eater, slouch, slug, slugabed, sluggard
Rhymes with LOTUS-EATER
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