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English
Etymology
See torpedo (“a kind of fish”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
torpedinous (comparative more torpedinous, superlative most torpedinous)
- (archaic) stupefying; dull; torpid.
- Synonyms: languid, listless; see also Thesaurus:apathetic
1845 January, Thomas De Quincey, “Coleridge and Opium-eating”, in Speculations Literary and Philosophic: With German Tales and Other Narrative Papers (De Quincey’s Works; XII), London: James Hogg & Sons, →OCLC, page 92:Was he dull? Is a wooden spoon dull? Fishy were his eyes; torpedinous was his manner; […]
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