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Lotophagia

Glossary term

/ˌləʊ.təˈfeɪ.dʒi.ə/

Also appears as: lotophagical

The condition of lotus-eating: narcotic ease, pleasurable torpor and the abandonment of whatever business had seemed pressing five minutes earlier.

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From the books (1 passage)

“Done? We are prisoners of our lotophagia. I see no recourse other than to renew acquaintance with that beastly old charlatan with the cement.”

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