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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Torpid

/(tôr"pĭd)/ · Tor·pid · IPA /tˈɔrpəd/
01 a. Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb.
  1. 1.
    Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb.
    “Without heat all things would be torpid.” — Ray.
  2. 2.
    Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive.
02 n. An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.
  1. 1.
    An inferior racing boat, or one who rows in such a boat.[Slang, Oxford University, Eng.]
  2. 2.
    The Lenten rowing races.