Category:Torpid

Tor"pid, a. Etym: [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.