'Torpid' definitions:

Definition of 'torpid'

From: WordNet
adjective
Slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age" [syn: inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid]
adjective
In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs" [syn: dormant, hibernating(a), torpid]

Definition of 'Torpid'

From: GCIDE
  • Torpid \Tor"pid\ (t[^o]r"p[i^]d), 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Without heat all things would be torpid. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Torpid'

From: GCIDE
  • Torpid \Tor"pid\, n. [See Torpid, a.] [Slang, Oxford University, Eng.]
  • 1. An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 2. pl. The Lenten rowing races. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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