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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. slow and apathetic;
- Example: "she was fat and inert"
- Example: "a sluggish worker"
- Example: "a mind grown torpid in old age"
[syn: inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid]

2. in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation;
- Example: "dormant buds"
- Example: "a hibernating bear"
- Example: "torpid frogs"
[syn: dormant, hibernating(a), torpid]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Torpid \Tor"pid\ (t[^o]r"p[i^]d), a. [L. torpidus, fr. torpere
   to be stiff, numb, or torpid; of uncertain origin.]
   1. Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling;
      numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb.
      [1913 Webster]

            Without heat all things would be torpid. --Ray.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive. --Sir M. Hale.
      [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Torpid \Tor"pid\, n. [See Torpid, a.] [Slang, Oxford
   University, Eng.]
   1. An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. pl. The Lenten rowing races.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

torpid
    adj 1: slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish
           worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age" [syn: inert,
           sluggish, soggy, torpid]
    2: in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation;
       "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs" [syn:
       dormant, hibernating(a), torpid]