lotus-eatingn.

Brit.

/ˈləʊtəsˌiːtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈloʊdəsˌidɪŋ/

Forms: see lotus n. and eating n.

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

Etymology: < lotus n. + eating n., after lotus-eater n. With sense 2 compare slightly later lotus-eat v.

1. Greek Mythology. The action of eating the fruit of the lotus, a fruit represented in Homer's Odyssey as inducing a state of dreamy forgetfulness and idleness. Cf. lotus n. 2, lotus-eater n. 1.

ΚΠ

1820 W. Tooke tr. Lucian Lucian of Samosata II. 336 All the blows with which Ulysses put a stop to their lotos-eating, and drove them back to the ship.

1843 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 379 At the end of the same poem [sc. Tennyson's ‘The Lotos Eaters’] a higher strain is substituted, which is meant apparently to show the effect of lotos-eating upon the religious feelings.

1952 Amer. Scholar 21 164 The lotus-eating which makes Ulysses' sailors lazy and carefree fits easily into Bloom's early morning daydreams of escape from reality.

2004 D. Armstrong in D. Armstrong et al. Vergil, Philodemus, & Augustans xv. 279 The ‘foolish oarsmen of Ithacan Odysseus’ who preferred lotus-eating to their nostos to Ithaca.

2. The action of passing the time in idle contentment or luxury; idleness, indolence. Cf. lotus-eater n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

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1852 G. W. Curtis (title) Lotus-eating: a summer book.

1852 Househ. Words 28 Aug. 571/2 Lotos-eating is a pleasant occupation.

1893 Munsey's Mag. Apr. 57/1 There is a spot where life is not a dream, where the alleged pleasures of idleness are unknown, and where lotus eating is utterly discountenanced.

1953 Times 21 Feb. 7/2 Television..presents a perpetual temptation to a most insidious form of modern lotus-eating.

2009 F. McLynn Marcus Aurelius 54 He suddenly announces that the so-called Golden Age in history was really a time of laziness and lotus-eating.

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

lotus-eatingadj.

Brit.

/ˈləʊtəsˌiːtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈloʊdəsˌidɪŋ/

Forms: see lotus n. and eating adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lotus n., eating adj.

Etymology: < lotus n. + eating adj., after lotus-eater n. In quot. 1823 at sense 1 also after French lotophage (see lotophagous adj.). Compare slightly earlier lotus-eating n. With sense 2 compare slightly later lotus-eat v.

1. That eats lotuses; esp. (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. lotus n. 2, lotus-eater n. 1.

ΚΠ

1823 tr. C. Malte-Brun Universal Geogr. IV. lx. 43 It was on this plant [sc. Nymphaea nelumbo] that the lotus-eating Egyptians [Fr. les Ethiopiens lotophages] lived.

1829 J. Williams Life & Actions Alexander the Great xv. 348 Their attractions might..have caused them, like the lotus-eating companions of Ulysses, to forget their native land.

1982 Browning Inst. Stud. 10 119 Tennyson's depiction of the lotos-eating mariners.

2006 J. T. Williams in J. T. Williams et al. Ber & Other Jujubes i. 11 This is the lotus fruit of the Lotus eating people of Tunisia/Libya referred to by Homer, Herodotus, Polybius and other ancient writers.

2. That lives in a state of idle contentment or luxury; characterized by or conducive to such a state; dreamy, idle, indolent. Cf. lotus-eater n. 2.In quot. 1852 with reference to the author of a travel book entitled Lotus-eating: a summer book; see quot. 1852¹ at lotus-eating n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

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

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1852 Daily News 13 Oct. 2/1 The works of the ‘Lotus-Eating’ American, Mr. Curtis, spoil us for the lucubrations of commonplace travellers.

1858 Harper's Mag. Dec. 51/2 The whole of one dreamy, lotus-eating afternoon, the two had been sitting together on the turf between the great roads of my favorite lawn elm.

1883 F. M. Crawford Mr. Isaacs 5 The attractive waters of lotus-eating Saratoga.

1902 Temple Bar 126 87 The lotos-eating Canarians.

1959 O. Sitwell Place of one's Own 8 Mr. And Mrs. Smedhurst,..anxious now to pass some lotus-eating, if declining, years in an agreeable neighbourhood, came to Newborough.

2008 S. Armitage Gig (2009) 79 The Fall make bands like U2..look like a bunch of lilo-loafing, lotus-eating slackers by comparison.

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

单词	lotus-eating
释义	lotus-eatingn. Brit. /ˈləʊtəsˌiːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈloʊdəsˌidɪŋ/ Forms: see lotus n. and eating n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lotus n., eating n. Etymology: < lotus n. + eating n., after lotus-eater n. With sense 2 compare slightly later lotus-eat v. 1. Greek Mythology. The action of eating the fruit of the lotus, a fruit represented in Homer's Odyssey as inducing a state of dreamy forgetfulness and idleness. Cf. lotus n. 2, lotus-eater n. 1. ΚΠ 1820 W. Tooke tr. Lucian Lucian of Samosata II. 336 All the blows with which Ulysses put a stop to their lotos-eating, and drove them back to the ship. 1843 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 379 At the end of the same poem [sc. Tennyson's ‘The Lotos Eaters’] a higher strain is substituted, which is meant apparently to show the effect of lotos-eating upon the religious feelings. 1952 Amer. Scholar 21 164 The lotus-eating which makes Ulysses' sailors lazy and carefree fits easily into Bloom's early morning daydreams of escape from reality. 2004 D. Armstrong in D. Armstrong et al. Vergil, Philodemus, & Augustans xv. 279 The ‘foolish oarsmen of Ithacan Odysseus’ who preferred lotus-eating to their nostos to Ithaca. 2. The action of passing the time in idle contentment or luxury; idleness, indolence. Cf. lotus-eater n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] sleuthc888 sweernessc888 slacknessc897 unlustOE aswolkenessc1000 slothc1175 sweeringa1300 sloth-head1303 unlusthead1340 nicetya1387 sluggardy1390 sluggardness1398 nicehead1440 musardryc1450 slugnessc1450 lashness1477 sweerdomc1480 truantness1483 passibilityc1485 sleuthfulness1488 sluggardry1513 slothfulness1526 sluggardise1532 luskishness1538 desidiousnessa1540 ocivity1550 restiness?c1550 niceness1557 laziness1580 easinessa1586 poltroonery1590 facility1615 pigritude1623 pigrity1623 otiosity1632 easefulnessa1639 dronishness1674 reasiness1679 indolence1710 accidity1730 indolency1741 lurgy1769 donothingness1814 far niente1819 oisivity1830 donothingism1839 dronage1846 lotus-eating1852 faineance1853 faineancy1854 bummerism1858 lazyhood1866 bone-laziness1875 sleevelessness1882 bummery1887 sluggardliness1977 1852 G. W. Curtis (title) Lotus-eating: a summer book. 1852 Househ. Words 28 Aug. 571/2 Lotos-eating is a pleasant occupation. 1893 Munsey's Mag. Apr. 57/1 There is a spot where life is not a dream, where the alleged pleasures of idleness are unknown, and where lotus eating is utterly discountenanced. 1953 Times 21 Feb. 7/2 Television..presents a perpetual temptation to a most insidious form of modern lotus-eating. 2009 F. McLynn Marcus Aurelius 54 He suddenly announces that the so-called Golden Age in history was really a time of laziness and lotus-eating. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). lotus-eatingadj. Brit. /ˈləʊtəsˌiːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈloʊdəsˌidɪŋ/ Forms: see lotus n. and eating adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lotus n., eating adj. Etymology: < lotus n. + eating adj., after lotus-eater n. In quot. 1823 at sense 1 also after French lotophage (see lotophagous adj.). Compare slightly earlier lotus-eating n. With sense 2 compare slightly later lotus-eat v. 1. That eats lotuses; esp. (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. lotus n. 2, lotus-eater n. 1. ΚΠ 1823 tr. C. Malte-Brun Universal Geogr. IV. lx. 43 It was on this plant [sc. Nymphaea nelumbo] that the lotus-eating Egyptians [Fr. les Ethiopiens lotophages] lived. 1829 J. Williams Life & Actions Alexander the Great xv. 348 Their attractions might..have caused them, like the lotus-eating companions of Ulysses, to forget their native land. 1982 Browning Inst. Stud. 10 119 Tennyson's depiction of the lotos-eating mariners. 2006 J. T. Williams in J. T. Williams et al. Ber & Other Jujubes i. 11 This is the lotus fruit of the Lotus eating people of Tunisia/Libya referred to by Homer, Herodotus, Polybius and other ancient writers. 2. That lives in a state of idle contentment or luxury; characterized by or conducive to such a state; dreamy, idle, indolent. Cf. lotus-eater n. 2.In quot. 1852 with reference to the author of a travel book entitled Lotus-eating: a summer book; see quot. 1852¹ at lotus-eating n. 2. 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Dec. 51/2 The whole of one dreamy, lotus-eating afternoon, the two had been sitting together on the turf between the great roads of my favorite lawn elm. 1883 F. M. Crawford Mr. Isaacs 5 The attractive waters of lotus-eating Saratoga. 1902 Temple Bar 126 87 The lotos-eating Canarians. 1959 O. Sitwell Place of one's Own 8 Mr. And Mrs. Smedhurst,..anxious now to pass some lotus-eating, if declining, years in an agreeable neighbourhood, came to Newborough. 2008 S. Armitage Gig (2009) 79 The Fall make bands like U2..look like a bunch of lilo-loafing, lotus-eating slackers by comparison. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1820adj.1823
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