The Only Use
torpor
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My Antonia
(Edited)
- She was the only one of his family who could rouse the old man from the torpor in which he seemed to live.
Book 1torpor = low-energy inactivity
Definitions:
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(1)
(torpor) a state of low activity and reduced energy: in people, sluggishness and inactivity; in animals, a kind of deep rest with slowed body processes (as during cold periods or winter dormancy)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)