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Definition
in people: inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy
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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)
or:
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)
- But under this torpor there was a fierce battle of emotions, such as Maggie in all her life of struggle had never known or foreboded; it seemed to her as if all the worst evil in her had lain in ambush till now, and had suddenly started up full-armed, with hideous, overpowering strength!6.13 -- Book 6 Chapter 13 -- Borne Along by the Tide (8% in)
- Maggie, all this time, moved about with a quiescence and even torpor of manner, so contrasted with her usual fitful brightness and ardor, that Lucy would have had to seek some other cause for such a change, if she had not been convinced that the position in which Maggie stood between Philip and her brother, and the prospect of her self-imposed wearisome banishment, were quite enough to account for a large amount of depression.6.13 -- Book 6 Chapter 13 -- Borne Along by the Tide (6% in)
There are no more uses of "torpor" in The Mill on the Floss.
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