Associations to the word «Torpid»

Wiktionary

TORPID, adjective. Unmoving, dormant or hibernating
TORPID, adjective. Lazy, lethargic or apathetic
TORPID, noun. (UK) (slang) (Oxford University) An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.

Dictionary definition

TORPID, adjective. Slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age".
TORPID, adjective. In a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca