lotus-eatv.

Brit.

/ˈləʊtəsˌiːt/, U.S.

/ˈloʊdəsˌit/

Inflections: Past tense lotus-ate; past participle lotus-eaten;

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lotus n., eat v.

Etymology: < lotus n. + eat v., after lotus-eater n. Compare slightly earlier lotus-eating n. 2 and lotus-eating adj. 2.

intransitive. To live in idle contentment or luxury in the manner of a lotus-eater (see lotus-eater n. 2); to pass the time pleasantly doing nothing productive.In quot. 1855 with punning reference to a travel book entitled Lotus-eating: a summer book; see quot. 1852¹ at lotus-eating n. 2.

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1855 Suppl. Connecticut Courant 28 Apr. 66/1 It will sometimes happen that the very book you may want is out of the library, particularly when a favorite lecturer, who is also a favorite author, has been here; as, for instance, after the visit of the Howadji every body would be ‘Lotus-eating’ over again.

1870 A. C. Smith Narr. Spring Tour Portugal xiii. 161 It was a luxurious, lazy mode of travel... Here we were ‘lotus-eating’ on the Lima.

1911 W. J. Locke Glory of Clementina Wing xv. 211 The week had evidently passed pleasantly for Quixtus... He was lotus eating.

1972 J. Potter Going West 60 Every dream fades. If he drank and lotus-ate, he would think.

2009 Canberra Times (Nexis) 24 Sept. a13 Floyd took off on his yacht Flirty to lotus-eat in the Mediterranean for a couple of years.

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

单词	lotus-eat
释义	lotus-eatv. Brit. /ˈləʊtəsˌiːt/, U.S. /ˈloʊdəsˌit/ Inflections: Past tense lotus-ate; past participle lotus-eaten; Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lotus n., eat v. Etymology: < lotus n. + eat v., after lotus-eater n. Compare slightly earlier lotus-eating n. 2 and lotus-eating adj. 2. intransitive. To live in idle contentment or luxury in the manner of a lotus-eater (see lotus-eater n. 2); to pass the time pleasantly doing nothing productive.In quot. 1855 with punning reference to a travel book entitled Lotus-eating: a summer book; see quot. 1852¹ at lotus-eating n. 2. ΚΠ 1855 Suppl. Connecticut Courant 28 Apr. 66/1 It will sometimes happen that the very book you may want is out of the library, particularly when a favorite lecturer, who is also a favorite author, has been here; as, for instance, after the visit of the Howadji every body would be ‘Lotus-eating’ over again. 1870 A. C. Smith Narr. Spring Tour Portugal xiii. 161 It was a luxurious, lazy mode of travel... Here we were ‘lotus-eating’ on the Lima. 1911 W. J. Locke Glory of Clementina Wing xv. 211 The week had evidently passed pleasantly for Quixtus... He was lotus eating. 1972 J. Potter Going West 60 Every dream fades. If he drank and lotus-ate, he would think. 2009 Canberra Times (Nexis) 24 Sept. a13 Floyd took off on his yacht Flirty to lotus-eat in the Mediterranean for a couple of years. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1855
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