lotus-eater

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A member of the legendary people living on an island dominated by the lotus tree, who have forgotten their homes due to the fruits' narcotic and stupefying effect.

   “Men of Ithaca, this is meeter, / In the hollow rosy vale to tarry, / Like a dreamy Lotos-eater, a delirious Lotos-eater!”

2. isim Someone with a carefree, idyllic life.

   “What! not begun yet? Oh! you degenerate lotus-eater. And here have I been a horny-handed son of toil all the morning, and now I'm as hungry as a hound, and I knew you'd never remember to bring me a turnover or anything, and so I thought I'd come up and get it myself.”