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torpid
(encz) | torpid,malátný Jaroslav Šedivý |
Torpid
(gcide) | Torpid \Tor"pid\ (t[^o]r"p[i^]d), 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.
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Without heat all things would be torpid. --Ray.
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2. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive. --Sir M. Hale.
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Torpid
(gcide) | Torpid \Tor"pid\, n. [See Torpid, a.] [Slang, Oxford
University, Eng.]
1. An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. pl. The Lenten rowing races.
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torpid
(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, soggy, torpid]
2: in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation;
"dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs" [syn:
dormant, hibernating(a), torpid] |
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torpidity
(encz) | torpidity,apatičnost n: Zdeněk Brožtorpidity,malátnost n: Zdeněk Brožtorpidity,nehybnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
torpidly
(encz) | torpidly, |
torpidness
(encz) | torpidness, n: |
Torpid
(gcide) | Torpid \Tor"pid\ (t[^o]r"p[i^]d), 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.
[1913 Webster]
Without heat all things would be torpid. --Ray.
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2. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive. --Sir M. Hale.
[1913 Webster]Torpid \Tor"pid\, n. [See Torpid, a.] [Slang, Oxford
University, Eng.]
1. An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. pl. The Lenten rowing races.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Torpidity
(gcide) | Torpidity \Tor*pid"i*ty\, n.
Same as Torpidness.
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Torpidly
(gcide) | Torpidly \Tor"pid*ly\, adv.
In a torpid manner.
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Torpidness
(gcide) | Torpidness \Tor"pid*ness\, n.
The qualityy or state of being torpid.
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torpidity
(wn) | torpidity
n 1: a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial
suspension of sensibility; "he fell into a deep torpor"
[syn: torpor, torpidity]
2: inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or
energy [syn: listlessness, torpidity, torpidness,
torpor] |
torpidly
(wn) | torpidly
adv 1: in a daze; in a dazed manner; "he wondered dazedly
whether the term after next at his new school wouldn't
matter so much" [syn: dazedly, torpidly] |
torpidness
(wn) | torpidness
n 1: inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or
energy [syn: listlessness, torpidity, torpidness,
torpor] |
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