Torpid means sluggish and mentally inactive. A torpid afternoon.
It describes a state rather than a character, since anybody can be torpid after a heavy meal. In animals torpor is a real physical state with a slowed heart and a dropped temperature.
1adjectivetorpidSluggish and mentally inactive.
“The whole office was torpid from about two until half past three.”
torpid is a quality.
Latin torpidus comes from torpere, to be numb or stiff.
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From Latin torpidus. From Latin torpidus (“tired, numb”).
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