TORPIDITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does torpidity mean? 

• TORPIDITY (noun)
  The noun TORPIDITY has 2 senses:

1. a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility

2. inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy

  Familiarity information: TORPIDITY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TORPIDITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

torpidity; torpor

Context example:

he fell into a deep torpor

Hypernyms ("torpidity" is a kind of...):

physical condition; physiological condition; physiological state (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "torpidity"):

hibernation (the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter)

lassitude; lethargy; sluggishness (a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness))

Derivation:

torpid (slow and apathetic)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

listlessness; torpidity; torpidness; torpor

Hypernyms ("torpidity" is a kind of...):

passiveness; passivity (the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative)

Derivation:

torpid (in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation)