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torpid [ˈtɔːpɪd] adj
1. apathetic, sluggish, or lethargic 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of a hibernating animal) dormant; having greatly reduced metabolic activity 3. unable to move or feel [from Latin torpidus, from torpēre to be numb, motionless] torpidity n torpidly adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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He had detected the latent sensuality, which unfolded under his delicate sense of her nature's requirements like a torpid, torrid, sensitive blossom. No philosopher was he-- just a plain, commonplace person gifted, for the time being, with a pathological indifference: the organ that he feared consequences with was torpid. Though the artillery of the left wing of the Russians kept up a steady fire on this mass,--visible like a stain now black, now flaming, in the midst of the trackless snow,--this shot and shell seemed to the torpid creatures only one inconvenience the more. |
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