torpor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: torpor	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for torpor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
torpor n a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility; "he fell into a deep torpor" Synonym(s): torpor, torpidity inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy Synonym(s): listlessness, torpidity, torpidness, torpor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Torpor \Tor"por\, n. [L., from torpere, to be torpid.] 1. Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness. 2. Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the mental faculties.