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Lotophagus

Lotophagus noun: a member of the Lotophagi; a lotus eater.

Noun

Lotophagus (plural Lotophagi or Lotophages)

  1. A member of the Lotophagi; a lotus eater.
    • It will be acquiesced in by a much less deserving band, if band it may be called, when each fights for his own hand, without respect to his neighbour, by those who have set their hearts and their treasures in this world, and exert what powers of thought they in devising a sickly optimism, by which...1847, The Ecclesiastic [afterw.] The Theologian and ecclesiastic [afterw.] The Ecclesiastic and theologian [afterw.] The Ecclesiastic, page 131
    • To our taste, the best way to dress the bulbs, and to free them from the marshy flavour they leave behind in the mouth, is to drain the water off several times in cooking them ; they then taste nearly like boiled celery, and may be very nourishing; but I would not be a Lotophagus here, for I had...1849, Ferdinand Werne, Expedition to discover the sources of the White Nile, in the years 1840, 1841, from the Germ., by C.W. O'Reilly, page 125

Examples of Lotophagus in a sentence

  • But far from this, the blighted spinster is fair, fat, and — no ! never shall it be said that the Lotophagus ever attempted to solve that impenetrable mystery.1870, Eneas Sweetland Dallas, Once a Week, page 37:
  • Anyway the beer is here and the rooming here and the sun is here and if things get too tough you can soon become a lotophagus along with the rest of us.1984, Jackson J. Benson, The true adventures of John Steinbeck, writer: a biography, Viking Pr:

Forms of Lotophagus

pluralLotophagi
pluralLotophages

Origin of Lotophagus

Borrowed from Latin Lōtophagus, from Ancient Greek Λωτοφάγος (Lōtophágos, literally “lotus eater”).

Questions about Lotophagus

What does Lotophagus mean?
Lotophagus means a member of the Lotophagi; a lotus eater.
How do you use Lotophagus in a sentence?
But far from this, the blighted spinster is fair, fat, and — no ! never shall it be said that the Lotophagus ever attempted to solve that impenetrable mystery.
What part of speech is Lotophagus?
Lotophagus is a noun.
What is the plural of Lotophagus?
The plural of Lotophagus is Lotophagi.

Words near Lotophagus in the dictionary

  1. lotongs
  2. Lotoo
  3. Lotophages
  4. Lotophagi
  5. lotophagous
  6. Lotophagus
  7. lotos
  8. lotos-eater
  9. lotos-eaters
  10. Lotos-land
  11. lotoses

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