torpor

Definition

A state of being inactive or stuporous.

Etymology

From Latin torpor (“numbness”), from torpeō (“I am numb”).

Example Sentences

• "She knew that she was the cause of her husband's utter ruin; and she strung herself to bear the consequences. The reproaches which agony extorted; or worse, cureless, uncomplaining depression, when his mind was sunk in a torpor, not the less painful because it was silent and moveless."

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