Etymology

torpor

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Today it means: A state of being inactive or stuporous. Full definition →

Latin torpor
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromtorpor“numbness”
  2. English todaytorpor

From Latin torpor (“numbness”), from torpeō (“to be numb”).

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