Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Shocking or benumbing like a torpedo.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a torpedo; resembling a torpedo; exerting a benumbing influence; stupefying; dull; torpid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Exerting abenumbing influence ;stupefying ;dull ;torpid .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
See torpedo (kind of fish).
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word torpedinous.
Examples
-
Fishy were his eyes; torpedinous was his manner; and his main idea, out of two which he really had, related to the moon -- from which you infer, perhaps, that he was lunatic.
Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers — Volume 2 Thomas De Quincey 1822
-
Fishy were his eyes; torpedinous was his manner; and his main idea, out of two which he really had, related to the moon -- from which you infer, perhaps, that he was lunatic.
Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers Thomas De Quincey 1822
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.