torpedo n. pl.+does 1. a cylindrical self-propelled weapon carrying explosives that is launched from aircraft, ships or submarines and follows an underwater path to hit its target. 2. a submarine mine 3. US a firework containing gravel and a percussion cap that explodes when dashed against a hard surface. -vb
5. (tr.) to attack or hit (a ship etc) with one or a number of torpedoes4. any of various electric rays of the genus Torpedo[C16: form Latin:crampfish (whose electric discharges can cause numbness), from torpere to be inactive; see TORPID
torpid adj. 1 apathetic, sluggish, or lethargic. 2. (of a hibernating animal) dormant; having greatly reduced metabolic activity. 3. unable to move or feel. [C17: from Latin torpidus from torpere to be numb, motionless]
from Collins Dictionary of the English Language.
So that’s where I found the link between torpedoes & torpid, the Latin torpere.
I was just too torpid (meaning 1) to type it out before, & was hoping you’d look it up…... ;D
