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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility;
- Example: "he fell into a deep torpor"
[syn: torpor, torpidity]

2. inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy;
[syn: listlessness, torpidity, torpidness, torpor]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Torpor \Tor"por\, n. [L., from torpere, to be torpid.] [1913 Webster] 1. Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness. [1913 Webster] 2. Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the mental faculties. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

torpor n 1: a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility; "he fell into a deep torpor" [syn: torpor, torpidity] 2: inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy [syn: listlessness, torpidity, torpidness, torpor]