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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TOR'PID, a. [L. torpidus, torpeo.]
1. Having lost motion or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; as a torpid limb.
Without heat all things would be torpid.
2. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive. The mind as well as the body becomes torpid by indolence. Impenitent sinners remain in a state of torpid security.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age" [syn: inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid]
2: in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs" [syn: dormant, hibernating, torpid]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin torpidus, from torp?re to be sluggish or numb; akin to Lithuanian tirpti to become numb Date: 15th century 1. a. having lost motion or the power of exertion or feeling ; dormant, numb b. sluggish in functioning or acting <a torpid frog> <a torpid mind> 2. lacking in energy or vigor ; apathetic, dull • torpidity noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 sluggish, inactive, dull, apathetic. 2 numb. 3 (of a hibernating animal) dormant. Derivatives: torpidity n. torpidly adv. torpidness n. Etymology: L torpidus (as TORPOR)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Torpid 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Torpid 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you are torpid, you are mentally or physically inactive, especially because you are feeling lazy or sleepy. (FORMAL) = lethargic ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Numb, benumbed, motionless, lethargic. 2. Sluggish, inert, dull, inactive, indolent, stupid.

Moby Thesaurus

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