lotophagousadj.

Brit.

/ləʊˈtɒfəɡəs/, U.S.

/loʊˈtɑfəɡəs/

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Lotophagi n., -ous suffix; Latin Lōtophagī , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < Lotophagi n. or its etymon classical Latin Lōtophagī + -ous suffix; compare -phagous comb. form. Compare French lotophage , adjective (1813 in the passage translated in quot. 1823 at lotus-eating adj. 1, apparently rare). Compare earlier lotus-eating adj. Compare also earlier Lotophagi n. and lotophagist n.

Now rare.

1. Greek Mythology. That eats or lives on the fruit of the lotus, a fruit represented in Homer's Odyssey as inducing a state of dreamy forgetfulness and idleness. Cf. Lotophagi n., lotus-eating adj. 1. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [adjective]

sweerc725

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thokisha1682

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huddroun1721

nothing-doing1724

desidiose1727

lusk1775

slack-twisted1794

sweert1817

bone-lazya1825

lurgy1828

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do-nothing1832

slobbish1833

bone idle1836

slouch1837

lotophagous1841

shammocky1841

bein1847

thoky1847

lotus-eating1852

fainéant1855

sluggardly1865

lazy-boned1875

do-naught1879

easy-going1879

lazyish1892

slobbed1962

1841 J. Lindley Elements Bot. (ed. 4) iii. 118 The fruit of Zizyphus communis is the Jujube of the shops, and that of the Z. Lotus gave their name to the Lotophagous nation of antiquity.

1925 E. G. Mountford & J. H. Paxton tr. L. Febvre Geogr. Introd. Hist. 163 In the Homeric period..people were classified..according to their food; they were sitophagous, ichthyophagous or lotophagous.

2. Idle, indolent, dreamy; = lotus-eating adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [adjective] > characterized by sloth or laziness

accidiousa1400

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1855 R. W. Emerson Let. 17 Apr. in Corr. Emerson & Carlyle (1964) 504 I have even fancied you did me a harm by the valued gift of Antony Wood;—which, & the like of which, I take a lotophagous pleasure in eating.

1873 M. Collins Miranda I. x. 124 Weakened by fatigue and chloroform, he lay in a dozy lotophagous state, and watched the sky and sea.

1876 St. James' Mag. 3 190 To some..it seems a positive advantage to put off the evil day on which they must seriously contemplate anything. For such ‘lotophagous’ specimens of boy or man we are not writing.

1995 P. Theroux Pillars of Hercules (1996) v. 98 It is the dream of this part of France, the sweep of the Riviera as a brilliant sunlit lotophagous land.

Derivatives

loˈtophagously adv. rare

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [adverb]

slewfully1340

untyȝtelc1400

slothlya1425

nicely1440

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sleuthfully1488

slothfully?1529

luskishly1530

litherly1550

lazily1587

indolently1707

loungingly1799

truantly1822

loafingly1860

lotophagously1882

1882 D. Pidgeon Engineer's Holiday I. 83 Thus lotophagously sailing, we landed one morning on a beautifully wooded point.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lotophagous
释义	lotophagousadj. Brit. /ləʊˈtɒfəɡəs/, U.S. /loʊˈtɑfəɡəs/ Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Lotophagi n., -ous suffix; Latin Lōtophagī , -ous suffix. Etymology: < Lotophagi n. or its etymon classical Latin Lōtophagī + -ous suffix; compare -phagous comb. form. Compare French lotophage , adjective (1813 in the passage translated in quot. 1823 at lotus-eating adj. 1, apparently rare). Compare earlier lotus-eating adj. Compare also earlier Lotophagi n. and lotophagist n. Now rare. 1. Greek Mythology. That eats or lives on the fruit of the lotus, a fruit represented in Homer's Odyssey as inducing a state of dreamy forgetfulness and idleness. Cf. Lotophagi n., lotus-eating adj. 1. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [adjective] sweerc725 foridledc1230 idlea1300 faintc1325 recrayed1340 slewful1340 nicea1398 sleuthya1400 delicate?c1400 sleuthfulc1400 slothfulc1400 sloth1412 lurdanc1480 luskinga1500 luskish15.. droning1509 bumbard?a1513 slottery1513 desidiousa1540 lazy1549 slovening1549 truanta1550 sleuth1567 litherly1573 truantly1579 dronish1580 lubberly1580 truant-like1583 shiftless1584 sluggard1594 fat1598 lusky1604 sweatless1606 clumse1611 easeful1611 loselly1611 do-littlea1613 sluggardisha1627 pigritious1638 drony1653 murcid1656 thokisha1682 shammockinga1704 indolent1710 huddroun1721 nothing-doing1724 desidiose1727 lusk1775 slack-twisted1794 sweert1817 bone-lazya1825 lurgy1828 straight-backed1830 do-nothing1832 slobbish1833 bone idle1836 slouch1837 lotophagous1841 shammocky1841 bein1847 thoky1847 lotus-eating1852 fainéant1855 sluggardly1865 lazy-boned1875 do-naught1879 easy-going1879 lazyish1892 slobbed1962 1841 J. Lindley Elements Bot. (ed. 4) iii. 118 The fruit of Zizyphus communis is the Jujube of the shops, and that of the Z. Lotus gave their name to the Lotophagous nation of antiquity. 1925 E. G. Mountford & J. H. Paxton tr. L. Febvre Geogr. Introd. Hist. 163 In the Homeric period..people were classified..according to their food; they were sitophagous, ichthyophagous or lotophagous. 2. Idle, indolent, dreamy; = lotus-eating adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [adjective] > characterized by sloth or laziness accidiousa1400 slothfulc1400 truant1603 acedious1609 lazy1609 picktootha1726 siestose1845 soft1849 lotophagous1855 1855 R. W. Emerson Let. 17 Apr. in Corr. Emerson & Carlyle (1964) 504 I have even fancied you did me a harm by the valued gift of Antony Wood;—which, & the like of which, I take a lotophagous pleasure in eating. 1873 M. Collins Miranda I. x. 124 Weakened by fatigue and chloroform, he lay in a dozy lotophagous state, and watched the sky and sea. 1876 St. James' Mag. 3 190 To some..it seems a positive advantage to put off the evil day on which they must seriously contemplate anything. For such ‘lotophagous’ specimens of boy or man we are not writing. 1995 P. Theroux Pillars of Hercules (1996) v. 98 It is the dream of this part of France, the sweep of the Riviera as a brilliant sunlit lotophagous land. Derivatives loˈtophagously adv. rare ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [adverb] slewfully1340 untyȝtelc1400 slothlya1425 nicely1440 idly1487 sleuthfully1488 slothfully?1529 luskishly1530 litherly1550 lazily1587 indolently1707 loungingly1799 truantly1822 loafingly1860 lotophagously1882 1882 D. Pidgeon Engineer's Holiday I. 83 Thus lotophagously sailing, we landed one morning on a beautifully wooded point. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1841
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