torpid
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pɪd adjective
1.
inactive or sluggish.
2.
slow; dull; apathetic; lethargic.
3.
dormant, as a hibernating or estivating animal.
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noun
an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
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torpid (ˈtɔːpɪd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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Medical Dictionary
torpid tor·pid (tôr'pĭd)
adj.
Deprived of power of motion or feeling.
lethargic; apathetic.
tor·pid'i·ty n.
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Example sentences
Contemporary avian and mammalian scavengers aren't exclusively torpid and slow.
Animals were found to be quite torpid but capable of swimming.
What the ban has done is make an already torpid political struggle even duller.
It is as if some moribund heiress had endowed a torpid old desert sheik, already stupefied by riches, with another million.
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