torpedinous
adj/tɔː(ɹ)ˈpɛdɪnəs/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin torpēdinōsus, from torpēdō + -ōsus.
1
Archaic stupefying; dull; torpid.
- Was he dull? Is a wooden spoon dull? Fishy were his eyes; torpedinous was his manner; […]1845 January, Thomas De Quincey, “Coleridge and Opium-eating”, in Speculations Literary and Philosophic: With German Tales and Other Narrative Papers (De Quincey’s Works; XII), London: James Hogg & Sons, →OCLC, page 92:
2
Rare Relating to torpedoes (the marine weapons).