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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lotus-eater \Lo"tus-eat`er\ (l[=o]"t[u^]s-[=e]t`[~e]r), Lotos-eater \Lo"tos-eat`er\ (l[=o]"t[o^]s-[=e]t`[~e]r), n. (Class. Myth.) One who ate the fruit or leaf of the lotus, and, as a consequence, gave himself up to indolence and daydreams; one of the Lotophagi. [1913 Webster] The mild-eyed melancholy Lotos-eaters. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]