Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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Without heat all things would be torpid. --Ray.
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2. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive. --Sir M. Hale.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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}, {soggy}, {torpid}]
2: in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation;
"dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs" [syn:
{dormant}, {hibernating(a)}, {torpid}]
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