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单词 torpedinous
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torpedinousadj.

/tɔːˈpiːdɪnəs/
Etymology: formed as torpedinoid adj. + -ous suffix.
rare. ? Obsolete.
Having the quality of a torpedo; benumbing, paralysing; also = torpedinal adj.
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1775 J. Pringle Disc. Torpedo 23 Nor in this circumstance only did the similitude between the electric and torpedinous fluids appear.
1845 T. De Quincey Coleridge & Opium-eating in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 125/1 First came Dr. Andrew Bell... Fishy were his eyes; torpedinous was his manner.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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