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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : tawr-pid |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɔr pɪd |
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Définition of torpid
Origin :- 1610s, from Latin torpidus "benumbed," from torpere "be numb or stiff" (see torpor).
- adj lazy, slow
- When in action he was superb and safe to follow; only when torpid he was dangerous.
- Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams
- I was not deceived then, it was a torpid man that I had under my eyes, and not a dead one!
- Extract from : « The Man With The Broken Ear » by Edmond About
- I was a cipher in this august company, and felt subdued, not to say torpid.
- Extract from : « Life On The Mississippi, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- His mind, too, was in a torpid state, but might gradually awaken.
- Extract from : « Fairy Fingers » by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
- Bees are not, as some suppose, in a dormant, or torpid condition in Winter.
- Extract from : « Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee » by L. L. Langstroth
- Torpid and prone, I lay there numbed into absolute quiescence.
- Extract from : « Child and Country » by Will Levington Comfort
- In the white of his eye there was a torpid and composed abstraction.
- Extract from : « The Island Pharisees » by John Galsworthy
- They are the dullest, slowest, most torpid of mortal creatures.
- Extract from : « Over the Teacups » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
- He was torpid, and the look on his face was sullen and vindictive.
- Extract from : « The Trembling of a Leaf » by William Somerset Maugham
- The muscles of the face, more than those of any other part of the body, are lazy and torpid.
- Extract from : « The Woman Beautiful » by Helen Follett Stevans
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