ˈtȯrpər, ˈtȯ(ə)pə(r sometimes -ˌpȯ(ə)r or -ˌpȯ(ə) noun
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Etymology: Latin, from torpēre to be torpid
1. : a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility : suspended animation : sluggishness or stagnation of function : dormancy
a deathlike torpor has succeeded to her former intellectual activity — W.H.Prescott
2. : mental or spiritual sluggishness : apathy , lethargy
tradition may result merely in torpor — Walter Moberly