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torpid
adj 3noun 1
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1VERB + TORPID
become
Definitions
adj
1
unmoving
2
dormant or hibernating
3
lazy, lethargic or apathetic
noun
1
An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.
In our first year I had seen him coming away from Blackwell's clutching a great textbook of chemistry with an air of anticipatory delight, and also on the river as cox of one of the Lincoln torpids.
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In our first year I had seen him coming away from Blackwell's clutching a great textbook of chemistry with an air of anticipatory delight, and also on the river as cox of one of the Lincoln torpids.
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When it gets cold, the turtles become torpid.
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