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lotus-eater

/ˈləʊ.təs ˌiː.tə/

Traduction: Personne indifférente aux préoccupations du monde, qui vit dans une oisiveté rêveuse et insouciante, évitant souvent responsabilités et ambitions.

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noun

C2formalcommon/ˈləʊ.təs ˌiː.tə/

A noun referring to a person who is indifferent to the busy world and lives a life of dreamy, indolent ease, often avoiding responsibility or ambition.

  • 🇫🇷Personne indifférente aux préoccupations du monde, qui vit dans une oisiveté rêveuse et insouciante, évitant souvent responsabilités et ambitions.
  1. Indifferent to the busy world C2 formal

    A person who lives a life of dreamy, carefree ease, detached from the concerns and responsibilities of the outside world.

    • After retiring to the countryside, he became a lotus-eater, spending his days reading and gardening.
    • She was accused of being a lotus-eater, ignoring the pressing social issues of her time.
    • The artist lived like a lotus-eater, focused only on his painting and music.

    🇫🇷Indifférent au monde affairé

    Synonymes: daydreamerdreamerescapistfantasisthedonistidlerloaferloungersensualistsybaritevoluptuary

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