torpitude

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English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔː(ɹ)pɪtjuːd/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔɹpɪtud/

Noun

torpitude (countable and uncountable, plural torpitudes)

(obsolete) torpor; the state of being torpid
- 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. , London: W Innys, , →OCLC:
  in a kind of torpitude, or sleeping state

References

“torpitude”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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