torporificadj.n.

/tɔːpəˈrɪfɪk/

Etymology: < Latin type *torpōrificus , < torpōr-em torpor n. + -ficus making: see -fic suffix.

a. Causing torpor; producing numbness; paralysing; also figurative stupefying, deadening. †torporific eel, the gymnotus or electric eel (obsolete).

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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [adjective] > rendering physically insensible

senseless1579

numbing1581

numb-cold1597

astonishing1617

benumbing1628

deading1647

bedeading1656

torporific1769

sopient1804

deadening1805

torpefying1822

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > causing

leaden1579

stupefying1617

benumbing1628

bedulling1656

obstupefying1660

lethargic1718

sopient1804

torporizing1822

torporific1825

lethargizing1827

torpid1830

deadening1875

1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 190 There is one of the Eel tribe,..which I shall beg leave to call the Torporific Eel.

1825 New Monthly Mag. 15 77/2 The torporific sway of Austria.

1852 Fraser's Mag. 45 632 Galen..tells the Torpedo affects by a torporific action peculiar to itself.

b. absol. as n. Something causing torpor.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > causing > one who or that which

torpedoa1593

opium1608

opiate1641

reposera1648

sedative1785

torporific1840

1840 H. E. Manning Let. in E. S. Purcell Life Cardinal Manning (1895) I. ix. 169 I find the want of such opportunities of conversation a great torporific.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	torporific
释义	torporificadj.n. /tɔːpəˈrɪfɪk/ Etymology: < Latin type torpōrificus , < torpōr-em* torpor n. + -ficus making: see -fic suffix. a. Causing torpor; producing numbness; paralysing; also figurative stupefying, deadening. †torporific eel, the gymnotus or electric eel (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [adjective] > rendering physically insensible senseless1579 numbing1581 numb-cold1597 astonishing1617 benumbing1628 deading1647 bedeading1656 torporific1769 sopient1804 deadening1805 torpefying1822 the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > causing leaden1579 stupefying1617 benumbing1628 bedulling1656 obstupefying1660 lethargic1718 sopient1804 torporizing1822 torporific1825 lethargizing1827 torpid1830 deadening1875 1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 190 There is one of the Eel tribe,..which I shall beg leave to call the Torporific Eel. 1825 New Monthly Mag. 15 77/2 The torporific sway of Austria. 1852 Fraser's Mag. 45 632 Galen..tells the Torpedo affects by a torporific action peculiar to itself. b. absol. as n. Something causing torpor. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > causing > one who or that which torpedoa1593 opium1608 opiate1641 reposera1648 sedative1785 torporific1840 1840 H. E. Manning Let. in E. S. Purcell Life Cardinal Manning (1895) I. ix. 169 I find the want of such opportunities of conversation a great torporific. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1769
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