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torpid |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: torpid adj 1: slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age" [syn: {inert}, {sluggish}] 2: (biology) in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs" [syn: {dormant}, {hibernating(a)}]
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