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    [Noun]  | "tor*por" | \ ˈtȯr-pər \


    1: a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility

    2: a 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

    3: apathy, dullness

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English, borrowed from Latin torpōr-, torpor "numbness, paralysis, absence of energy, lethargy," s-stem noun derivative corresponding to the stative verb torpēre "to be numb, lack sensation, be struck motionless, be sluggish or lethargic" {mat|torpid|};

    [Noun]  | "torpor" 


    1: lack of interest or concern;


      * e.g., " ... after a lifetime of setbacks, defeats, and failures, he could only greet the latest bad news with a resigned fatalism and dull torpor "




    2: physical or mental inertness;


      * e.g., " ... following a gut-busting Thanksgiving dinner, we spent the rest of the day lounging about in a contented torpor "




     [ "tourist torpor" ]

    1: (noun) The way people grind to an unbelievably slow trundle when surrounded by either too many opportunities to buy (like a shopping malls) or garish tourist attractions (like Disneyland).

      * e.g.,  ... "Dude, I'm sorry we're late for dinner. There was crushing tourist torpor at the mall, it took us 25 minutes just to get to the car." 

     [ "post meal torpor" ]

    1: The heavy sleepiness you experience after a very large meal. PMT frequently strikes after lunch during the 'graveyard shift'.

      * e.g.,  ... Man, that apple pie has really given me post meal torpor. 

     [ "Torpor" ]

    1: laking in energy and will; dulness

      * e.g.,  ... She is living with them in conditions of domestic comfort but emotional torpor in White Point, a fishing community north of Perth. 

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