Hypertext Webster Gateway: "torpid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Torpid \Tor"pid\, n. [See {Torpid}, a.] [Slang, Oxford
University, Eng.]
1. An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.
2. pl. The Lenten rowing races.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Torpid \Tor"pid\, 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.
Without heat all things would be torpid. --Ray.
2. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive. --Sir M. Hale.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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: (biology) in a condition of biological rest or suspended
animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid
frogs" [syn: {dormant}, {hibernating(a)}]
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.