Today's Word "torpid"
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torpid \TOR-pid\ (adjective) - 1 : Having lost motion or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed. 2 : Dormant; hibernating or estivating. 3 : Dull; sluggish; apathetic.
"After careful observation Ralph came to the conclusion that some animals became torpid in winter while others were torpid in summer."
Torpid comes from Latin torpidus, "numb, sluggish," from torpere, "to be sluggish, inert, or numb."
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