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torpid

1

[ tawr-pid ]

adjective

  1. inactive or sluggish.

    Antonyms: energetic

  2. slow; dull; apathetic; lethargic.

    Synonyms: indolent

  3. dormant, as a hibernating or estivating animal.


torpid

2

[ tawr-pid ]

noun

  1. an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.

torpid

/ ˈtɔːpɪd /

adjective

  1. apathetic, sluggish, or lethargic
  2. (of a hibernating animal) dormant; having greatly reduced metabolic activity
  3. unable to move or feel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈtorpidly, adverb
  • torˈpidity, noun
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Other Words From

  • tor·pidi·ty torpid·ness noun
  • torpid·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of torpid1

First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin torpidus “numb,” equivalent to torp(ēre) “to be stiff or numb” + -idus -id 4

Origin of torpid2

First recorded in 1830–40; special use of torpid 1
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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

They were torpid, as you or I might be if we’d spent a long period locked-down and socially isolated.

Cheng thinks modern ballots are “boring” and “graphically torpid.”

From Fortune

Torpid as Spain had become, there was still one point on which she was exquisitely sensitive.

I did not forget to mention the Companies, but find people, as I expected, torpid.

Its indolence, and anger at the stirring of inward strife by nature, caused it to assume a torpid indifference.

Professor Smawl ate heavily and retired to her tent to lie torpid until evening.

His torpid head fell back on the chair, and his outstretched hands hung lifeless, yellow, and rigid on his knees.

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