Hypertext Webster Gateway: "torpor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Torpor \Tor"por\, n. [L., from torpere, to be torpid.]
1. Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity
with partial or total insensibility; numbness.
2. Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the
mental faculties.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
torpor
n 1: a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial
suspension of sensibility; "he fell into a deep torpor"
[syn: {torpidity}]
2: inactivity resulting from torpidity and lack of vigor or
energy [syn: {listlessness}, {torpidity}, {torpidness}]
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