torpent

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin torpens, present participle of torpere (to be numb).

Adjective

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torpent (comparative more torpent, superlative most torpent)

  1. (obsolete) Having no motion or activity; benumbed; torpid.

Noun

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torpent (plural torpents)

  1. (medicine, obsolete) A numbing agent.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for torpent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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torpent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of torpeō