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
Definition:
of people: slow or inactive -- usually resulting from a lack of energy and interest
or:
of animals: a condition of biological rest or suspended animation -- (could be in the evening, during the cold, or as in a hibernated or dormant state all winter)
or:
of animals: a condition of biological rest or suspended animation -- (could be in the evening, during the cold, or as in a hibernated or dormant state all winter)