Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

Date: 1200-1300
Language: Latin
Origin: torpere; TORPID

torpor

 noun
     
tor‧por [singular, uncountable]
formal a state of being not active because you are lazy or sleepy:
She tried to rouse him from the torpor into which he had sunk.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary