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torpid
TOR-puhd
adjective
sluggish and inactive; lethargic
1844Edgar Allan PoeThe Premature BurialSlowly—with a tortoise gradation—approached the faint gray dawn of the psychal day. A torpid uneasiness. An apathetic endurance of dull pain. No care—no hope—no effort.1926H. Rider HaggardThe Treasure of the LakeAfter that I really cannot recall what followed, for between weariness, bewilderment, and exhaustion I grew confused, so that my mind became torpid. 1929Thomas WolfeLook Homeward, AngelIn Spring like torpid snakes my enemies awaken.1993Robert J. SawyerJust Like Old TimesThe rex was torpid, flopped on its belly, gorged on ceratopsian meat.

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