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Torpidity

noun

A state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility. Synonym: torpor.

Inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy. Synonyms: listlessness, torpidness, torpor.

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... horns of speculation, and went on in the old safe routine; and to the restless activity that had jeopardized the firm succeeded a strange torpidity. He wore black for Helen, and sorrowed without hope. He felt he had offended Heaven, and had met his punishment in Helen's death. Wardlaw senior retired to Elmtrees, and seldom saw his son. When they did meet, the old ...

— Foul Play • Charles Reade

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... them, the cavaliers seemed to awaken from their torpidity. They raised their heads, and looked at one another with a half-confused, half-angry gaze. They had been scolded like children, and felt that they were men. Their honor had received a sensitive wound, but their awe of the king kept ...

— Frederick the Great and His Court • L. Muhlbach

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