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lotus eater
noun as in do-nothing
Example Sentences
He was still lost in the dreams of the lotus-eater when he heard something that resembled the rattling of his own noisy car.
Thus we mark the inner transition: the active principle of that which was a passive Lotus-eater is the Cyclops, a Polyphemus.
The Lotus-eater gave up family and country; "chewing the lotus, he forgot the return."
"It is exhausting, but with my usual energy I do it all the same," said Ernest, who is as a fact the world's champion lotus-eater.
She was dreaming already with her eyes open, and she sank into number six in a lotus-eater's reverie.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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