US /ˈtɔɹpɚ/ UK /ˈtɔːpə(ɹ)/
noun Freq #81014

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility

    Sleeping Beauty fell into a deep torpor.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a state of motor and mental... torpidity
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Word family
Forms torpors
Derived forms torporific
Related forms torpedotorpidtorpiditytorpidnesshibernation

Etymology

From Latin torpor (“numbness”), from torpeō (“to be numb”).

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