torpent

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

torpent (comparative more torpent, superlative most torpent)

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

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Noun

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

• portent

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) torpent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of torpeō