Pronounced: sigh-AHL-uh-kwuhnt, adj
Notes: This word describes something many of us have seen
Yesterday’s word
The word lotusland is
- a place inducing contentment especially through an idyllic living situation
- a state marked by contentment often achieved through self-indulgence
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
Our word comes from the Odyssey (by Homer). One of the places Odysseus and his men visit is a land of lotus-eaters: when sailors ate the lotus, they forgot all about their homeland and just wanted to stay there in “lotusland”. Thus our word came about — it refers to an ideal place of perfection, but it has negative connotations of self-indulgence and laziness.
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