torpid

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

slow and apathetic“she was fat and inert”“a sluggish worker”“a mind grown torpid in old age”Synonyms: inert sluggish soggy
in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation“dormant buds”“a hibernating bear”“torpid frogs”Synonyms: dormant hibernating(a)

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]

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.]