torpor Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility
    torpidity.
    • he fell into a deep torpor
  2. noun inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy
    torpidity; torpidness; listlessness.

WordNet

Tor"por noun
Etymology
L., from torpere, to be torpid.
Definitions
  1. Loss of motion, or of the motion; a state of inactivity with partial or total insensibility; numbness.
  2. Dullness; sluggishness; inactivity; as, a torpor of the mental faculties.

Webster 1913