torpitude

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔː(ɹ)pɪtjuːd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɹpɪtud/

Noun

torpitude (countable and uncountable, plural torpitudes)

1. (obsolete) torpidness
   • 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC:

     in a kind of torpitude, or sleeping state

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “torpitude”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)