torpid

From Latin torpidus (“tired, numb”).

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torpid (comparative more torpid, superlative most torpid)

1. unmoving
2. dormant or hibernating
3. lazy, lethargic or apathetic

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• (unmoving): motionless, stock-still; see also Thesaurus:stationary
• (dormant): latent, quiescent; see also Thesaurus:inactive
• (lazy, lethargic or apathetic): lethargic; see also Thesaurus:slow or Thesaurus:lazy

• torpidity
• torpidness

• torpor
• torpedo

torpid (plural torpids)

1. (UK, Oxford University slang) An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.

   Coordinate term: slogger

• tripod

Borrowed from French torpide, from Latin torpidus.

torpid m or n (feminine singular torpidă, masculine plural torpizi, feminine and neuter plural torpide)

1. torpid