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torpid

adj

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin torpeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin torpidus English torpid From Latin torpidus (“tired, numb”).

  1. derived from *-iðos Latin -idus Latin torpidus English torpid From Latin torpidus✻ — “tired, numb”
  2. derived from torpeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der

Definitions

  1. unmoving

  2. dormant or hibernating

  3. lazy, lethargic or apathetic

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.

      • In our first year I had seen him coming away from Blackwell's clutching a great textbook of chemistry with an air of anticipatory delight, and also on the river as cox of one of the Lincoln torpids.

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