torpid 1
— torpidity, torpidness , n. — torpidly , adv.
/tawr"pid/ , adj.
1. inactive or sluggish.
2. slow; dull; apathetic; lethargic.
3. dormant, as a hibernating or estivating animal.
[ 1605-15; torpidus numb, equiv. to torp ( ere ) to be stiff or numb + -idus -ID 4 ]
Syn. 2. indolent. 3. See inactive .
Ant. 1. energetic.
torpid 2
/tawr"pid/ , n.
an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
[ 1830-40; special use of TORPID 1 ]