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torpor
sluggishness; lethargy
When the torpor had reached its fourth week with no sign of abatement, the old man got up one morning, put on his work shoes, picked up a shovel, and walked into the garden.
Related English words: torpid (sluggish; lethargic), torpidity, torporific (causing numbness or sluggishness)
Latin root words: torpidus, torpida, torpidum - benumbed, sluggish; torpor, torporis, m. - numbness, sluggishness
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