lotuslandn.

Brit.

/ˈləʊtəsland/, U.S.

/ˈloʊdəsˌlænd/

Forms: see lotus n. and land n.¹ Also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lotus n., land n.¹

Etymology: < lotus n. + land n.¹, originally so called with reference to the land of the lotus-eaters in Homer Odyssey ix. 84 (ancient Greek γαῖα Λωτοφάγων land of the Lotophagi or lotus-eaters; compare Lotophagi n.). Compare earlier lotus-eater n.

1. Greek Mythology. Usually with capital initial. The land of the lotus-eaters (lotus-eater n. 1).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > imaginary land of laziness

Lubberland1598

lotusland1830

the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [noun] > state of being forgotten, oblivion > place

limbo1642

lotusland1830

1830 M. W. Shelley Fortunes Perkin Warbeck I. xvi. 317 I might have lived his happy guest; reigning over the English hearts around me, forgetful like Dan Ulysse of old in the Lotus land, of my native isle.

1832 Ld. Tennyson Lotos-eaters: Choric Song vii, in Poems (new ed.) 117 With the blissful Lotuseaters pale We will abide in the golden vale Of the Lotos-land, till the Lotos fail.

1879 S. H. Butcher & A. Lang in tr. Homer Odyssey (ed. 2) Introd. p.xiv Lotus-land was possibly in Western Libya.

1994 J. Yarnall Transformations of Circe: Hist. Enchantress i. 22 Calypso is by far the most effective impediment Odysseus encounters.., holding him in a sensuous but tedious captivity for seven years, Lotusland revisited.

2. A place or state of existence characterized by or conducive to idle contentment, ease, or indolence. Now esp.: a country, region, etc., perceived as affording a carefree or luxurious lifestyle; a paradise. Cf. lotus-eater n. 2.Sometimes as an epithet for a particular place.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > supreme or heavenly happiness > [noun] > place of supreme happiness

heaveneOE

Edena1225

paradise?a1300

Garden of Eden1535

eutopia1553

happy land1562

Arcady1590

Hesperidesa1592

Elysiuma1616

God's own country1807

lotusland1856

Adamless Eden1876

summerland1895

Shangri-La1941

1856 Daily News 5 May 2/2 The world is nothing to him, he is far off in some happy lotos-land, where the clouds are tobacco-smoke.

1899 W. Le Couteur To Nippon 49 In this lotus land you need do very little for yourself.

1902 Longman's Mag. Jan. 214 He lived in ‘lotos land’—the Garden Isle of England.

1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson xii. 197 Oxford, that lotus-land, saps the will-power, the power of action.

1952 A. Koestler Arrow in Blue xvii. 150 ‘The Garden of Eden’ had the lotusland mood of the real Orient.

1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 12 July 13/2 Her couples are all set up in Lotusland out on the west coast.

1991 City & Country Home Winter 45/2 For 2000 charmed years, the isle of Capri has cultivated its reputation as..a lush lotusland where you can shed your inhibitions and forget the outside world.

2007 N.Y. Mag. 13 Aug. 67/2 East Coast writers turning in their talent for a swimming pool in lotusland.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lotusland
释义	lotuslandn. Brit. /ˈləʊtəsland/, U.S. /ˈloʊdəsˌlænd/ Forms: see lotus n. and land n.¹ Also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: lotus n., land n.¹ Etymology: < lotus n. + land n.¹, originally so called with reference to the land of the lotus-eaters in Homer Odyssey ix. 84 (ancient Greek γαῖα Λωτοφάγων land of the Lotophagi or lotus-eaters; compare Lotophagi n.). Compare earlier lotus-eater n. 1. Greek Mythology. Usually with capital initial. The land of the lotus-eaters (lotus-eater n. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > imaginary land of laziness Lubberland1598 lotusland1830 the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [noun] > state of being forgotten, oblivion > place limbo1642 lotusland1830 1830 M. W. Shelley Fortunes Perkin Warbeck I. xvi. 317 I might have lived his happy guest; reigning over the English hearts around me, forgetful like Dan Ulysse of old in the Lotus land, of my native isle. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Lotos-eaters: Choric Song vii, in Poems (new ed.) 117 With the blissful Lotuseaters pale We will abide in the golden vale Of the Lotos-land, till the Lotos fail. 1879 S. H. Butcher & A. Lang in tr. Homer Odyssey (ed. 2) Introd. p.xiv Lotus-land was possibly in Western Libya. 1994 J. Yarnall Transformations of Circe: Hist. Enchantress i. 22 Calypso is by far the most effective impediment Odysseus encounters.., holding him in a sensuous but tedious captivity for seven years, Lotusland revisited. 2. A place or state of existence characterized by or conducive to idle contentment, ease, or indolence. Now esp.: a country, region, etc., perceived as affording a carefree or luxurious lifestyle; a paradise. Cf. lotus-eater n. 2.Sometimes as an epithet for a particular place. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > supreme or heavenly happiness > [noun] > place of supreme happiness heaveneOE Edena1225 paradise?a1300 Garden of Eden1535 eutopia1553 happy land1562 Arcady1590 Hesperidesa1592 Elysiuma1616 God's own country1807 lotusland1856 Adamless Eden1876 summerland1895 Shangri-La1941 1856 Daily News 5 May 2/2 The world is nothing to him, he is far off in some happy lotos-land, where the clouds are tobacco-smoke. 1899 W. Le Couteur To Nippon 49 In this lotus land you need do very little for yourself. 1902 Longman's Mag. Jan. 214 He lived in ‘lotos land’—the Garden Isle of England. 1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson xii. 197 Oxford, that lotus-land, saps the will-power, the power of action. 1952 A. Koestler Arrow in Blue xvii. 150 ‘The Garden of Eden’ had the lotusland mood of the real Orient. 1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 12 July 13/2 Her couples are all set up in Lotusland out on the west coast. 1991 City & Country Home Winter 45/2 For 2000 charmed years, the isle of Capri has cultivated its reputation as..a lush lotusland where you can shed your inhibitions and forget the outside world. 2007 N.Y. Mag. 13 Aug. 67/2 East Coast writers turning in their talent for a swimming pool in lotusland. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1830
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