Meaning of Lotophagus | Babel Free

Definitions

A member of the Lotophagi; a lotus eater.

Examples

“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 the existing state of things, whatever it may be, may be made into a fool's paradise — men of whom Charles Lamb was perhaps the most favourable specimen, that " mild-eyed melancholy" Lotophagus of literature.”

“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 much rather eat⟳ potatoes with their jackets on.”

“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.”

“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.”

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