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torpid
1[ tawr-pid ]
torpid
2[ tawr-pid ]
noun
- an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
torpid
/ ˈtɔːpɪd /
adjective
- apathetic, sluggish, or lethargic
- (of a hibernating animal) dormant; having greatly reduced metabolic activity
- unable to move or feel
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Derived Forms
- ˈtorpidly, adverb
- torˈpidity, noun
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Other Words From
- tor·pidi·ty torpid·ness noun
- torpid·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of torpid1
C17: from Latin torpidus, from torpēre to be numb, motionless
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Example Sentences
Torpid as Spain had become, there was still one point on which she was exquisitely sensitive.
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I did not forget to mention the Companies, but find people, as I expected, torpid.
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Its indolence, and anger at the stirring of inward strife by nature, caused it to assume a torpid indifference.
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Professor Smawl ate heavily and retired to her tent to lie torpid until evening.
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His torpid head fell back on the chair, and his outstretched hands hung lifeless, yellow, and rigid on his knees.
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