Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Lotus-eating; pertaining to or characteristic of the Lotophagi.
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Examples
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Antony Wood; -- which, and the like of which, I take a lotophagous pleasure in eating.
The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. Thomas Carlyle 1838
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I have even fancied you did me a harm by the valued gift of Antony Wood; ” which, and the like of which, I take a lotophagous pleasure in eating.
The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II Carlyle, Thomas 1883
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