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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope