All 3 Uses of
torpor
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- "For Peppino!" cried Andrea, who seemed roused from the torpor in which he had been plunged.†
Chpt 35-36 *
- —sleep broken by nervous spasms, excitation of the brain, torpor of the nerve centres.†
Chpt 73-74
- Morrel, overpowered, turned around in the arm-chair; a delicious torpor permeated every vein.†
Chpt 117
Definition:
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(torpor) in people: a state of low-energy and inactivity
or less commonly:
in animals: a condition of biological rest or suspended animation -- (could be in the evening, during the cold, or as in a dormant state all winter)