Torpid Washington Tor Pid Adjective Lost Motion Power Exertion

[From Latin torpidus (numb), from torpere (to be stiff or numb). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ster- (stiff), which also gave us starch, stare, stork, starve, cholesterol, and torpedo. Earliest documented use: 1613.]

“Gary is a torpid man who works as a translator for the CIA in the Washington area. He’s neither shaken nor stirred.” - Ron Charles; Life of a Spy Doomed to Rot in Place; The Washington Post; Nov 19, 2014.

Torpid Hazel Dormouse