All 3 Uses of
torpid
in
Jane Eyre
- The two ships becalmed on a torpid sea, I believed to be marine phantoms.†
p. 11.3 *
- He said every nerve had been overstrained in some way, and the whole system must sleep torpid a while.†
p. 390.3
- Wholly untaught, with faculties quite torpid, they seemed to me hopelessly dull; and, at first sight, all dull alike: but I soon found I was mistaken.†
p. 422.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(torpid) inactive or sluggish -- either from low energy or in a natural resting state such as hibernation
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Torpid is the adjective form of torpor and though it is used less, it is on more SAT vocabulary review lists.