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Definition of Torpid

Torpid
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.
Torpid
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.

Meaning of Torpid from wikipedia

- metabolic rate allows the prolonged survival of animals capable of entering torpid states. In 2020, scientists reported evidence of the torpor in Lystrosaurus...
- Torpids is one of two series of bumping races, a type of rowing race, held yearly at Oxford University; the other is Eights W****. More than 130 men's...
- Torpid is an album by the Canadian comedy music group, The Arrogant Worms. Torpid was the twelfth album for the band and was released on September 30...
- (Nyctimene robinsoni). Torpid states last longer in the summer for megabats than in the winter. During hibernation, bats enter a torpid state and decrease...
- of The Indian Express gave the film a mixed review and stated, "Though a torpid screenplay fails the subject of the movie, veteran actor Amol Palekar stays...
- to the termly intercollegiate rowing regattas: Christ Church Regatta, Torpids, and Summer Eights. In addition, there are higher standard university wide...
- nuttallii, is unique as a bird that undergoes a form of hibernation, becoming torpid and with a much reduced body temperature for w****s or months, although other...
- reduced, and the Spanish Inquisition, though not abolished, was rendered torpid. In the meantime, much-antiquated legislation that tended to restrict trade...
- album of 1973. This band lives up to its name. The powerful, deceptively torpid groove evokes the pace of inner-city pleasures like 'All Day Music' and...
- deities Aether and Gaia. According to Statius, Aergia was said to be the 'torpid' guard in the court of Hypnos (Sleep) in the Underworld. "In] the hollow...