English Dictionary
◊ TORPID
torpid
adj 1: slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish
worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age" [syn: {inert},
{sluggish}]
2: (biology) in a condition of biological rest or suspended
animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid
frogs" [syn: {dormant}, {hibernating(a)}]