Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
lotus-eater is a noun meaning "someone indifferent to the busy world". It carries one recorded sense.
someone indifferent to the busy world
“in the Odyssey Homer tells of lotus-eaters who live in dreamy indolence”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for lotus-eater come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.