单词 | torpescent |
释义 | † torpescentadj. Obsolete. rare. That grows torpid; becoming numb. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > becoming torpescenta1763 a1763 W. Shenstone Oeconomy i, in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 290 Their torpescent soul Clenches their coin. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > becoming torpescence1784 1784 S. Johnson in W. Windham's Diary (1866) 19 Torpescence, much of the faculties of man~kind lost in them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.a1763 |
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