torpor

/ˈtɔːpə/TAWR-pur

/ˈtɔɹpɚ/TAWR-pur

Meaningnumbness

Common meaning: a state of sluggishness

torpto be numb, sluggishLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1879 · scan
oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin torpeō ‘to be numb, sluggish’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry torpeō, p. 1879 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry TORPEDO, p. 650 · dictionary scan

Roots

torpeō, torpēre Latin “to be numb, sluggish”

Related words

torpedo torpid

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