Lexic.us

Definition of Torpor

1. Noun. A state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility. "He fell into a deep torpor"

2. Noun. Inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy.

Definition of Torpor

1. n. Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness.

Definition of Torpor

1. Noun. Being inactive or stuporous. ¹

2. Noun. A state of apathy or lethargy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Torpor

1. mental or physical inactivity [n -S]

Medical Definition of Torpor

1. Inactivity, sluggishness. Synonym: torpidity. Origin: L. Sluggishness, numbness Torpor retinae, an obsolete term for a form of nyctalopia, the retina responding only to bright luminous stimuli. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Torpor

torpefies torpefy torpent torpescence torpid torpidities torpidity torpidly torpidness torpids

torpified torpifies torpify torpifying torpitude torpor (current term) torporific torpors torpour torq

torqs torquate torquated torque converter torque off torque spanner torque steer torque wrench torque wrenches

Literary usage of Torpor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Confessions of an English Opium-eater by Thomas De Quincey (1913)
"With respect to the torpor supposed to follow, or rather (if we were to credit the numerous pictures of Turkish opium-eaters) to accompany, the practice of ..."

2. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1863)
"I. Note respecting the torpor of the English Cabinet on the evening of the ... some mischance) would account for a torpor which affected all more or less, ..."

3. The Modern Practice of Physic: Exhibiting the Characters, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Thomas (1813)
"... To obviate the torpor of the stomach and stimulate the whole system, it would appear advisable to give considerable doses of ammonia. ..."

4. A History of the University of Oxford from the Earliest Times to the Year 1530 by Henry Churchill Maxwell Lyte (1886)
"HE intellectual torpor that unquestionably prevailed at Oxford and at Cambridge for about a hundred years after the time of John Wyclif, has been attributed ..."

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