About The Word Torpid
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Torpid
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What's The Definition Of Torpid?
[adj] slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"
[adj] (biology) in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs" Synonyms | Synonyms for Torpid: asleep(p) | dormant | hibernating(a) | inactive | inert | sluggish Related Terms | Find terms related to Torpid: See Also | Torpid In Webster's Dictionary \Tor"pid\, n. [See {Torpid}, a.] [Slang, Oxford
University, Eng.]
1. An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.
2. pl. The Lenten rowing races.
\Tor"pid\, a. [L. torpidus, fr. torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid; of uncertain origin.] 1. Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb. Without heat all things would be torpid. --Ray. 2. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive. --Sir M. Hale. |
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