Word of the Day
September 07, 2026
TORPOR
- Torpor is a formal word for a state of inactivity and sluggishness. It can also be used, especially in the context of hibernating and estivating animals, to refer to a state of lowered physiological activity. // The magazine offers lots of ideas for activities designed to shake off the torpor of a rainy day.
- a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
- a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility.
- inactivity
- indifference; apathy
- mental or physical inactivity [n TORPORS]
- state of lowered physiological activity typically characterized by reduced metabolism, heart rate, respiration, and body temperature that occurs in varying degrees especially in hibernating and estivating animals