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torpid

tor·pid

US/ˈtɔrpʌd/ uncommon uk

adjective

1.

slow and apathetic

  • “she was fat and inert”
  • “a sluggish worker”
  • “a mind grown torpid in old age”
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2.

in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation

  • “dormant buds”
  • “a hibernating bear”
  • “torpid frogs”
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Origin

From Latin torpidus (“tired, numb”).

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