Torpid Definition & Meaning

torpid
adjective
  1. slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"
  2. in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs"

"Torpid" in song lyrics

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  • "Why have I absorbed this morbid war torpid?"
    Swollen Members f/ Abstract Rude — Don't Know Why

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