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torpid

[tawr-pid]

Origin

adjective

inactive or sluggish.

slow; dull; apathetic; lethargic.

dormant, as a hibernating or estivating animal.

Origin:
1605–15; < Latin torpidus numb, equivalent to torp(ēre) to be stiff or numb + -idus -id⁴

Related forms

tor·pid·i·ty, tor·pid·ness, noun

tor·pid·ly, adverb

Synonyms
2. indolent. 3. See inactive.

Antonyms
1. energetic.

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noun

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

Origin:
1830–40; special use of torpid¹

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torpid (ˈtɔːpɪd)

—*adj*
1.	apathetic, sluggish, or lethargic
2.	(of a hibernating animal) dormant; having greatly reduced metabolic activity
3.	unable to move or feel

[C17: from Latin torpidus, from torpēre to be numb, motionless]

tor'pidity

—n

'torpidly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

torpid

1613, from L. torpidus "benumbed," from torpere "be numb or stiff" (see torpor).

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torpid tor·pid (tôr'pĭd)
adj.