Definitions for torpids

torpids tor·pid

Spelling: [tawr-pid]
IPA: /ˈtɔr pɪd/

Torpids is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 237 anagrams from letters in torpids (dioprst).

Definitions for torpids

noun

  1. an eight-oared, clinker-built boat used for races at Oxford University during the Lenten term.

adjective

  1. inactive or sluggish.
  2. slow; dull; apathetic; lethargic.
  3. dormant, as a hibernating or estivating animal.

Origin of torpids

1605-15; Latin torpidus numb, equivalent to torp(ēre) to be stiff or numb + -idus -id4

Examples for torpids

torpid and prone, I lay there numbed into absolute quiescence.

He was torpid, and the look on his face was sullen and vindictive.

In the white of his eye there was a torpid and composed abstraction.

I was not deceived then, it was a torpid man that I had under my eyes, and not a dead one!

His mind, too, was in a torpid state, but might gradually awaken.

Bees are not, as some suppose, in a dormant, or torpid condition in Winter.

They are the dullest, slowest, most torpid of mortal creatures.

I was a cipher in this august company, and felt subdued, not to say torpid.

The muscles of the face, more than those of any other part of the body, are lazy and torpid.

When in action he was superb and safe to follow; only when torpid he was dangerous.

Word Value for torpids
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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