torpent

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adjective

Having no motion or activity; benumbed; torpid.

OriginLatin torpens →
Scrabble 9
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Meanings

adjectivetorpent (comparative more torpent, superlative most torpent)

comparative more torpent · superlative most torpent

  1. obsoleteHaving no motion or activity; benumbed; torpid.

    frail and torpent Memory through so multifarious and numerous an Employment

    1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC
nountorpent (plural torpents)

plural torpents

  1. obsoletemedicineA numbing agent.

Origin

  1. Latintorpens
  2. Englishtorpent

From Latin torpens, present participle of torpere (“to be numb”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

portent
Cite this entry
APA

torpent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torpent

MLA

“torpent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torpent. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “torpent,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torpent.

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