torpitude

English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

torpitude (countable and uncountable, plural torpitudes)

1. (obsolete) torpor; the state of being torpid
   • 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

References

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