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torpid (adj.)
1610s, "benumbed, without feeling or power," from Latin
torpidus
"benumbed, stupefied," from
torpere
"be numb or stiff" (see
torpor
). Figurative sense of "sluggish, dull, apathetic" is from 1650s. Related:
Torpidly
;
torpidness
.
