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LOTUS-EATERS

"LOTUS-EATERS" is a plural of: lotus-eater.

Date "LOTUS-EATERS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1855. (references)


Specialty Definition: LOTUS-EATERS

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Literature

Lotus-eaters or ~~~Lotophagi,
Lotophagi, in Homeric legend, are a people who ate of the lotus-tree, the effect of which was to make them forget their friends and homes, and to lose all desire of returning to their native land, their only wish being to live in idleness in Lotus-land. (Odyssey, xi.)
A Lotus-eater. One living in ease and luxury. Lord Tennyson has a poem called The Lotus Eaters.
The drink is made from the Zizyphus Lotus, which grows in Jerbah, an island near Tunis. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: LOTUS-EATERS

English words defined with "LOTUS-EATERS": lotus-eaterstargazer. (references)

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Anagrams: LOTUS-EATERS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-o-r-s-s-t-t-u"

-1 letter: resolutest.

-2 letters: austerest, lustrates, oleasters, outstares, outsteers, resalutes, resolutes, roulettes, tolerates.

-3 letters: alertest, aureoles, estreats, lustrate, oleaster, outlasts, outrates, outserts, outstare, outsteer, resalute, reslates, resolute, restates, retastes, rosettes, rosulate, roulette, saluters, settlers, settlors, setulose, solerets, starlets, startles, statures, stealers, sterlets, stratous, streusel, tearless, teleosts, toasters, tolerate, toluates, trestles, trustees, tutelars, tutoress.

-4 letters: areoles, arouses.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-o-r-s-s-t-t-u"
 

+2 letters: southeasterly.

 

+3 letters: overstimulates.

 

+5 letters: electroacoustics.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: LOTUS-EATERS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 4F 54 55 53 2D 45 41 54 45 52 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01001111 01010100 01010101 01010011 00101101 01000101 01000001 01010100 01000101 01010010 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#79 &#84 &#85 &#83 &#45 &#69 &#65 &#84 &#69 &#82 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 004F 0054 0055 0053 002D 0045 0041 0054 0045 0052 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

464954555315393554395253

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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