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Meaning of "lotus-eater" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LOTUS-EATER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOTUS-EATER

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determiner
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Lotus-Eater is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LOTUS-EATER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lotus-eater in the English dictionary

The definition of lotus-eater in the dictionary is one of a people encountered by Odysseus in North Africa who lived in indolent forgetfulness, drugged by the fruit of the legendary lotus.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOTUS-EATER

lothness
Lothringen
loti
lotic
lotion
lotos
lots
lotta
lotted
lotter
lotteries
lottery
lotting
lotto
lotus
lotus position
Lotus Sutra
lotusland
lou

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOTUS-EATER

beater
cheater
defeater
eater
eggbeater
four-seater
Greater
heater
immersion heater
in hot water
meat-eater
movie theater
night storage heater
preheater
repeater
sweater
theater
treater
two-seater
water heater
windcheater

Synonyms and antonyms of lotus-eater in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lotus-eater» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOTUS-EATER

Find out the translation of lotus-eater to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lotus-eater from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lotus-eater» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

莲花食
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lotus - eater
570 millions of speakers

English

lotus-eater
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कमल भक्षक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اللوتس آكلى لحوم البشر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лотос -людоед
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lotus- eater
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পদ্মভোজী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lotus -eater
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemakan teratai
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lotus -eater
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

蓮を食べる人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

연꽃 먹는 사람
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lotus-eater
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người chỉ ăn toàn hột sen
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தாமரை ஆட்கொல்லியை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कमळ-खाणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hayallere dalan kimse
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lotus - eater
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zjadacza lotosu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лотос - людожер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lotus - eater
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λωτού - τρώγων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lotus - eter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lotus - eater
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lotus - eater
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lotus-eater

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOTUS-EATER»

The term «lotus-eater» is normally little used and occupies the 115.294 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOTUS-EATER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lotus-eater

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOTUS-EATER»

Discover the use of lotus-eater in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lotus-eater and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A William Somerset Maugham Encyclopedia
*Maugham looked upon "Lord Mountdrago" as his most difficult piece because of the need to convince his readers of its reality. Bibliography: Complete Short Stories. II. The World Over; Mixture As Before; Morgan. "THE LOTUS EATER" ( 1935).
Samuel J. Rogal, 1997
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Interfictions 2: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing
When this same guard suffered a terrible snake bite, he approached the Lotus Eater, who touched his finger to the wound and healed it. Yet another time, the group came upon a dying water buffalo; the Lotus Eater touched it, and wept over it, ...
Delia Sherman, Christopher Barzak, 2013
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The Lotus Eaters: A Novel
Readers will be transfixed by this stunning novel of passion, duty and ambition among the ruins of war.
Tatjana Soli, 2010
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Food: A Dictionary of Literal and Nonliteral Terms
The term lotus-eater (MWCD: 1832) comes from Homer's Odyssey (Book IX), in which Odysseus and his men are attempting to sail home to Greece from Troy but are blown instead onto the northeast coast of Africa, the land of the lotus-eaters.
Robert Allen Palmatier, 2000
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World Dictionary of Foreign Expressions: A Resource for ...
lotus- eater An indolent person who indulges in daydreaming. One who lives the life of lazy leisurely enjoyment. After ten continuous years of strenuous and highly rewarding work, Sam has gone to a holiday resort, where he intends to live  ...
Gabriel Adeleye, Kofi Acquah-Dadzie, Thomas J. Sienkewicz, 1999
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Dialectic of Enlightenment
Instead they wished to stay there in the company of the Lotus-eater, picking the lotus and forgetting their homeland."17 This kind of idyll, which recalls the happiness of narcotic drug addicts reduced to the lowest level in obdurate social orders, ...
Theodor W. Adorno, 1997
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Wayfarers
Silver lotus, permanent +1 adjustment to presence (max. 20). Gold lotus, permanent +1 adjustment to intellect (max. 20). Pink lotus, permanent +1d6 health points. Black lotus, eater still dies but is automatically Resurrected (as 8th Circle Faith ...
G. Vrill, J. T. Swill, 2009
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Critical Perspectives on Derek Walcott
Chapter VII — "Must breed, drink, rot with motion." — has for its subtide 'Lotus eater.' And the name of the man lost in that lotus land is Franklin, an English- sounding name, despite its semantic content, a stranger who is assaulted each spring ...
Robert D. Hamner, 1993
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The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures ...
THE LOTUS EATER F2.3206 Marshall Neilan Productions. Dist Associated First National Pictures. ca27 Nov 1921 [New York premiere; released Jan 1922; cl2 Dec 1921; LP 17467]. Si; b&w. 35mm. 7 reels, 6,960 ft. Prod-Dir Marshall Neilan.
Kenneth White Munden, 1997
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American Pacificism: Oceania in the U.S. Imagination
The lotus-eater school:James Norman Hall, Charles Nordhoff, Robert Dean Frisbie, Margaret Mead and the reconstruction of the South Seas image Wearied with the clash of arms, cast down by the results of harnessing himself to machines, ...
Paul Lyons, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOTUS-EATER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lotus-eater is used in the context of the following news items.
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Lotus-eater vibes
It goes without saying that British Columbia is rotten with hippies. Especially in summer, when the gentle people travel from many provinces ... «The Manitoban, Jul 15»
2
Lotus of Alabama ponds and streams are glories of summer scene
These are the plants of "lotus-eater" fame, the New World version of the lotus eaten by the sailors in Homer's Odyssey. The only real difference ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
3
Jitan Ram Manjhi: Will he succeed in his gamble?
Some would argue that Manjhi has become a lotus-eater and is expecting too much from the BJP. There is always a latent fear that he may fall ... «TwoCircles.net, Mar 15»
4
Grand Folly
Just as I was about to set out he rounded a corner of the Deer Creek narrows, smiling like a lotus-eater. “Oh man, I thought you were coming! I was soaking my ... «Earth Island Journal, Mar 15»
5
What Spock taught me about being human
Spock and the crew beam down to Omicron Ceti III and are exposed to the spores of bizarre, pink Lotus-eater-type flowers that make everyone ... «Washington Post, Mar 15»
6
Top ten beaches
... 350 kilometres off the Brazilian coast, the sculpted beaches of this UNESCO World Heritage Site are a perfect canvas for the lotus-eater. «Daily Life, Dec 14»
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GARO THE ANIMATION
However, this episode has the makeup of a lotus-eater story—amnesia, suddenly forcing the hero into a non-heroic identity, intoxicating ... «Anime News Network, Nov 14»
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Was Ian Fleming as cool as his brother?
Even so, Peter could never have been a lotus-eater, and the Caribbbean, as he wrote to Freya Stark, would not have suited him. The colonel ... «Spectator.co.uk, Aug 14»
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LIVE REPORT: FKA twigs
... mass of sounds and styles and lulling you into a lotus-eater daze before the veil lifts, and you're left with a head full of voracious earworms. «The Quietus, Aug 14»
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Candia Road Brewing Company – Lotus Eater Double IPA
Lotus-Eater is part of a series of special releases from the Candia Road ... IPA elements like big hop taste and a definite bitterness, Lotus-Eater ... «The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, Nov 13»

REFERENCE
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