different between torpid vs torpor

English

Etymology

From Latin torpidus (“tired, numb”).

Adjective

torpid (comparative more torpid, superlative most torpid)

1. unmoving
2. dormant or hibernating
3. lazy, lethargic or apathetic

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:torpid.

Synonyms

• (unmoving): motionless, stock-still; see also Thesaurus:stationary
• (dormant): latent, quiescent; see also Thesaurus:inactive
• (lazy, lethargic or apathetic): lethargic; see also Thesaurus:slow or Thesaurus:lazy

Related terms

• torpidity
• torpidness

Related terms

• torpor
• torpedo

Translations

Noun

torpid (plural torpids)

1. (Britain, Oxford University slang) An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.

Anagrams

• tripod

Romanian

Etymology

From French torpide, from Latin torpidus.

Adjective

torpid m or n (feminine singular torpid?, masculine plural torpizi, feminine and neuter plural torpide)

1. torpid

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• torpour

Etymology

From Latin torpor (“numbness”), from torpe? (“I am numb”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t??p?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t??p?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)p?(?)

Noun

torpor (countable and uncountable, plural torpors)

1. A state of being inactive or stuporous.
2. A state of apathy or lethargy.

   Synonyms: lethargy, sluggishness, languor, torpidity
3. (biology) A state similar to hibernation characterised by energy-conserving, very deep sleep.

   Coordinate terms: hibernation, aestivation, cold sleep, hypersleep, suspended animation

Derived terms

• torporific

Related terms

• torpidity
• torpid
• torpidness
• torpedo

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From torpe? +? -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?tor.por/, [?t??rp?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?tor.por/, [?t??rp?r]

Noun

torpor m (genitive torp?ris); third declension

1. numbness, stupefaction
2. sluggishness, listlessness, inactivity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: torpor
• ? French: torpeur
• ? Italian: torpore
• ? Portuguese: torpor
• ? Spanish: torpor

References

• torpor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• torpor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• torpor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Noun

torpor m (plural torpores)

1. torpor (state of being inactive or stuporous)