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Noun: torpidity  tor'pi-du-tee
  1. A state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility
    "he fell into a deep torpidity";
    - torpor
     
  2. Inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigour or energy
    - listlessness, torpidness, torpor

Derived forms: torpidities

Type of: passiveness, passivity, physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state

Encyclopedia: Torpidity