torpor
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- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 6
/ˈtɔːpə(ɹ)/
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/ˈtɔːpə(ɹ)/ · /ˈtɔɹpɚ/ (US)
Definition of torpor
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)A state of being inactive or stuporous.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)A state of being inactive or stuporous.
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(countable, uncountable)A state of apathy or lethargy.
“She knew that she was the cause of her husband's utter ruin; and she strung herself to bear the consequences. The reproaches which agony extorted; or worse, cureless, uncomplaining depression, when his mind was sunk in a torpor, not the less painful because it was silent and moveless.”
- (countable, uncountable)A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep.
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Etymology
From Latin torpor (“numbness”), from torpeō (“to be numb”).
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