torpedinous

English

Etymology

See torpedo (“a kind of fish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔː(ɹ)ˈpɛdɪnəs/

Adjective

torpedinous (comparative more torpedinous, superlative most torpedinous)

1. (archaic) stupefying; dull; torpid.
   • 1845 January, Thomas De Quincey, “Coleridge and Opium-eating”, in Speculations Literary and Philosophic: With German Tales and Other Narrative Papers (De Quincey’s Works; XII), London: James Hogg & Sons, →OCLC, page 92:

     Was he dull? Is a wooden spoon dull? Fishy were his eyes; torpedinous was his manner; […]

References

• “torpedinous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.