Noah Webster
Torpid
TOR'PID, adjective [Latin torpidus, torpeo.]
1. Having lost motion or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; as a torpid limb.
Without heat all things would be torpid
2. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive. The mind as well as the body becomes torpid by indolence. Impenitent sinners remain in a state of torpid security.