torporn.
/ˈtɔːpə/, U.S. /ˈtɔrpər/ Torpid condition or quality; torpidity.
a. Absence or suspension of motive power, activity, or feeling; †inertia (obsolete); suspended animation or development; in Pathology morbid inertia or insensibility, stupor.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > [noun]
sleepc897
restc1175
passibilityc1485
slumber1554
cessation1603
quiescence1625
torpor1626
quiescency1629
inaction1638
inactivity1640
vacation1644
unactiveness1647
non-acting1648
passiveness1648
requiescence1654
unactivity1654
inertness1661
passivity1667
inactiveness1678
unaction1698
stagnation1711
supinity1725
immechanism1740
inertion1756
repose1757
lifelessness1833
stagnancy1837
unawakenedness1879
stasis1920
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [noun]
unfeelingness1398
insensibility?1510
senselessness1577
indolency1603
stupidity1603
unfeeling1603
torpidity1614
torpor1626
sleepiness1647
indolence1656
insensibleness1656
narcosis1671
torpidnessa1676
torpitude1713
anaesthesia1721
deadness1764
insentience1862
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §763 Motion doth discusse the Torpour of Solide Bodies Which..have in them a Natural Appetite, not to move at all.
1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Remaining Med. Wks. Torpor, a numness, heaviness,..and unaptness for any motion.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 45 Strictly speaking.., these animals cannot be said to sleep during the winter; it may be called rather a torpor, a stagnation of all the faculties.
a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) ii. 63 Why does the earth break forth from its winter's torpor in all the luxuriance of Spring?
b. transferred. Intellectual or spiritual lethargy; apathy, listlessness; dullness; indifference.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun]
accidiaOE
accidie?c1225
lethargyc1380
faintness1398
lithernessc1425
listlesshedec1440
owlisthead1440
supinity1548
lustlessness1556
benumbedness1566
phlegm1578
apoplexy1589
acedia1607
torpor1607
drowsiness1611
torpidity1614
languishmentc1620
hebetude1621
acedy1623
inerty1623
supineness1640
listlessness1646
cadaveriety1651
inertitude1656
oscitation1656
torpulency1657
sopor1658
phlegmaticness1659
lethargicalness1664
torpidnessa1676
faineantisea1684
phlegmatism1688
vis inertiae1710
torpitude1713
moonery1764
donothingness1814
benumbment1817
inertia1821
languor1825
donothingism1839
Mondayishness1850
mooniness1852
mooning1857
fainéantisme1873
sog1874
Oblomovism1902
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > want of or incapacity for emotion
dryheada1300
lethargyc1380
drynessc1450
dumping1542
unsensibility1551
insensibleness?1555
unsensibleness?1555
stupidity1568
stolidity1570
stupor1570
dumpishness1574
senselessness1577
innaturality1579
astoniedness1580
impassibility1603
stupefaction1603
torpor1607
deadness1611
unsufferance1611
hebetude1621
nonsense1621
drought1622
hebetation1623
obstupefaction1625
unanswerableness1626
tastelessnessa1631
insensateness1646
impassiveness1648
obtuseness1648
barrenness1655
torpulency1657
sterility1661
spiritlessness1669
unspiritedness1669
unaffectedness1678
insensibility1691
stolidness1727
apathy1742
impenetrableness1747
unfeelingness1766
impassivity1794
unfeeling1805
soullessness1811
incommobility1822
obtusity1823
unimpressibleness1830
hardhead1836
stockishness1837
insensitiveness1838
impenetrability1847
unreceptivity1849
unsusceptibility1850
woodenness1854
unimpressionability1862
irresponsiveness1864
unresponsiveness1869
impassibleness1874
irreceptivity1881
unimpressibility1889
apatheia1893
inemotivity1894
affectlessness1921
insensitivity1957
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 150 Þe beore on his slauðe haueð þeose hwelpes. torpor is þe forme. þet is wlech heorte..þe oðer is pusillamitas.]
1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist i. i. 38 What meaneth our torpor? what our frozen coldnesse in zeal?
1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. xvii. 333 A universal torpor of the mental faculties must take place.
1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. I. i. 62 That intellectual torpor which we are accustomed to associate with ecclesiastical domination.
c. Combinations, as torpor-shedding adj.
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1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 140 Till noon-tide pour the torpor-shedding ray.
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