Torpid
adjective
1.
inactive or sluggish.
2.
slow; dull; apathetic; lethargic.
3.
dormant, as a hibernating or estivating animal.
noun
1.
an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.
adjective
1.
apathetic, sluggish, or lethargic
2.
(of a hibernating animal) dormant; having greatly reduced metabolic activity
3.
unable to move or feel
torpid tor·pid (tôr’pĭd)
adj.
Deprived of power of motion or feeling.
Lethargic; apathetic.
tor·pid’i·ty n.
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