The definition of torpid is having lost motion, slow or unenergetic.
(adjective)See torpid in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
Origin: L torpidus < torpere, to be numb or torpid < IE *(s)terp- < base *(s)ter-, to be stiff > stare, starve
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adjective
Origin:
Origin: Latin torpidus
Origin: , from torpēre, to be stiff; see ster-1 in Indo-European roots
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