Found 2 items, similar to torpid.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: torpid torpid adj 1: slow and apathetic; “she was fat and inert”; “a sluggish worker”; “a mind grown torpid in old age” [syn: inert, sluggish] 2: in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; “dormant buds”; “a hibernating bear”; “torpid frogs” [syn: dormant, hibernating(a)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Torpid 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.] 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]