Definition for TOR'PID-NESS, or TOR'PI-TUDE

TOR'PID-NESS, or TOR'PI-TUDE, n.

  1. The state of being torpid; numbness. Torpidness may amount to total insensibility or loss of sensation.
  2. Dullness; inactivity; sluggishness; stupidity.

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