[syn: listlessness, torpidity, torpidness, torpor]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Torpor \Tor"por\, n. [L., from torpere, to be torpid.]
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1. Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity
with partial or total insensibility; numbness.
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2. Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the
mental faculties.
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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]