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torques
torr
Torre del Greco
torrefy
Torremolinos
Torrens, Lake
Torrens title
torrent
torrential
Torreon
Torres Strait
Torres Strait Islands
Torricellian vacuum
torrid
Torrid Zone
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torpid
tor·pid [ táwrpid ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. sluggish: lacking physical or mental energy
2. zoology dormant: describes an animal in a dormant state
3. medicine numb: describes a part of the body that has lost the ability to move or feel
[Early 17th century. < Latin torpidus< torpere "be stiff"]

tor·pid·i·ty [ tawr píddətee ] noun
tor·pid·ly [ táwrpidlee ] adverb
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