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 Definitions of torpor  [ˈtɔr pər]  

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Definition of 'torpor' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) torpor
sluggish inactivity or inertia.

2.  torpor
lethargic indifference; apathy.

3.  torpor
a state of suspended physical powers and activities.

4.  torpor
dormancy, as of a hibernating animal.

Etymology:  (1600–10; < L: numbness =torp(ēre) to be stiff or numb +-or -or1)

Definition of 'torpor' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) torpor, torpidity
a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility
"he fell into a deep torpor"

2. (noun) listlessness, torpidity, torpidness, torpor
inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy


Definition of 'torpor' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) torpor
loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness

2. (noun) torpor
dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the mental faculties



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