torpid
adjective
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adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin torpeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin torpidus English torpid From Latin torpidus (“tired, numb”).
- unmoving
- dormant or hibernating
- lazy, lethargic or apathetic
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin torpeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin torpidus English torpid From Latin torpidus (“tired, numb”).
- An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.
“In our first year I had seen him coming away from Blackwell's clutching a great textbook of chemistry with an air of anticipatory delight, and also on the river as cox of one of the Lincoln torpids.”