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TORPID
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slow and apathetic
Example:
a mind grown torpid in old age
Synonyms:
inert; sluggish; soggy; torpid
Classified under:
Similar:
inactive (not active physically or mentally)
Derivation:
torpidity (a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility)
torpidness (inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
Example:
torpid frogs
Synonyms:
dormant; hibernating; torpid
Classified under:
Similar:
asleep (in a state of sleep)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Derivation:
torpidity; torpidness (inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy)
