torpid

adj, noun — 4 senses

torpid

adj

Etymology From Latin torpidus (“tired, numb”).

1

unmoving

2

dormant or hibernating

3

lazy, lethargic or apathetic

Derived terms: nontorpid, semitorpid, torpidly, untorpid
Related terms: torpidity, torpidness, torpor, torpedo

torpid

noun

Etymology From Latin torpidus (“tired, numb”).

1

UK An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.

Oxford University slang

In our first year I had seen him coming away from Blackwell's clutching a great textbook of chemistry with an air of anticipatory delight, and also on the river as cox of one of the Lincoln torpids.1978, R. V. Jones, chapter 4, in Most Secret War: British Scientific Intelligence 1939-1945, London: Hamish Hamilton, page 37:

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