torpid adjective 3noun 1forms 3 adjective3 •unmoving •lazy, lethargic or apathetic •dormant or hibernating noun1 •(UK) 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. — 1978 formstorpids · more torpid · most torpid
