torpid

English

Etymology

From Latin torpidus (“tired, numb”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

torpid (comparative more torpid, superlative most torpid)

1. unmoving

   Synonyms: motionless, stock-still; see also Thesaurus:stationary

2. dormant or hibernating

   Synonyms: latent, quiescent; see also Thesaurus:inactive

3. lazy, lethargic or apathetic

   Synonyms: lethargic; see also Thesaurus:slow, Thesaurus:lazy, Thesaurus:apathetic

Quotations

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Related terms

• torpidity
• torpidness

Related terms

• torpor
• torpedo

Translations

unmoving

Bulgarian: вцепенен (bg) (vcepenen) Finnish: lamaantunut French: immobile (fr) Korean: 경직된 (gyeongjikdoen) Plautdietsch: looj Russian: неподви́жный (ru) (nepodvížnyj), онеме́лый (ru) (onemélyj) Spanish: inmóvil (es)

dormant or hibernating

Bulgarian: спящ (bg) (spjašt), летаргичен (bg) (letargičen) Finnish: nukkuva (fi) Russian: спя́щий (ru) (spjáščij)

lazy, lethargic, apathetic

Bulgarian: вял (bg) (vjal), апатичен (bg) (apatičen) Finnish: veltto (fi), vetelä (fi), saamaton (fi), apaattinen (fi) French: torpide (fr) Latin: torpidus Plautdietsch: looj Russian: вя́лый (ru) (vjályj), апати́чный (ru) (apatíčnyj) Spanish: torpe (es)

Noun

torpid (plural torpids)

1. (UK, Oxford University slang) An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.

   Coordinate term: slogger

   • 1978, R. V. Jones, chapter 4, in Most Secret War: British Scientific Intelligence 1939-1945, London: Hamish Hamilton, page 37:

     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.

Anagrams

• tripod

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French torpide, from Latin torpidus.

Adjective

torpid m or n (feminine singular torpidă, masculine plural torpizi, feminine and neuter plural torpide)

1. torpid

Declension

Declension of torpid

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	torpid		torpidă		torpizi	torpide
	definite	torpidul		torpida		torpizii	torpidele
genitive- dative	indefinite	torpid		torpide		torpizi	torpide
	definite	torpidului		torpidei		torpizilor	torpidelor