torpor ******************************************************************************** Torpid condition or quality; torpidity. a. Absence or suspension of motive power, activity, or feeling; {dag}inertia (obs.); suspended animation or development; in Path. morbid inertia or insensibility, stupor. b. transf. Intellectual or spiritual lethargy; apathy, listlessness; dullness; indifference. c. Comb., as torpor-shedding adj.