torpedinousとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /tɔː(ɹ)ˈpɛdɪnəs/

形容詞

torpedinous (comparative more torpedinous, superlative most torpedinous)

1. (archaic) stupefying; dull; torpid.

   Synonyms: languid, listless; see also Thesaurus:apathetic

   • 1845 January, Thomas De Quincey, “Coleridge and Opium-eating”, in Speculations Literary and Philosophic: With German Tales and Other Narrative Papers (De Quincey’s Works; XII), London: James Hogg & Sons, →OCLC, page 92:

     Was he dull? Is a wooden spoon dull? Fishy were his eyes; torpedinous was his manner; […]

2. (rare) Relating to torpedoes (the marine weapons).

参照

• “torpedinous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.