Tor"pid (tôr"p&ibreve;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.
Without heat all things would be torpid.
Ray.
2. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive. Sir
M. Hale.
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.
Tor"pid (tôr"p&ibreve;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.
Without heat all things would be torpid.
Ray.
2. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive. Sir
M. Hale.
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.
