torporific

[tawr-puh-rif-ik]

tor·por·if·ic

[tawr-puh-rif-ik]
adjective
causing torpor.

Origin:
1760–70; torpor + -i- + -fic

un·tor·por·if·ic, adjective
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Torporific is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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torpor (ˈtɔːpə)
 
n
a state of torpidity
 
[C17: from Latin: inactivity, from torpēre to be motionless]
 
torpor'ific
 
adj

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