torpid : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: torpid	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for torpid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
torpid adj slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age" Synonym(s): inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs" Synonym(s): dormant, hibernating(a), torpid
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Torpid \Tor"pid\, n. [See {Torpid}, a.] [Slang, Oxford University, Eng.] 1. An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat. 2. pl. The Lenten rowing races.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Torpid \Tor"pid\, 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. Without heat all things would be torpid. --Ray. 2. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive. --Sir M. Hale.