torpid

The definition of torpid is having lost motion, slow or unenergetic.

(adjective)

See torpid in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

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

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

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Origin: Latin torpidus

Origin: , from torpēre, to be stiff; see ster-¹ in Indo-European roots

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