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torpid definition

tor·pid (tôr′pid)

adjective

    1. having lost temporarily all or part of the power of sensation or motion, as a hibernating animal; dormant
    2. sluggish in functioning
  2. slow and dull; apathetic

Etymology: L torpidus < torpere, to be numb or torpid < IE *(s)terp- < base *(s)ter-, to be stiff > stare, starve

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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