Torpour

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of torpor. alt-of, alternative, uncountable

    "When Frenside had left her Halo tried to collect her thoughts; but his visit had shaken her too deeply. He had roused her out of her self-imposed torpour into a state of hyper-acute sensibility, and detaching her from the plight in which she was entangled had compelled her to view it objectively."

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"When Frenside had left her Halo tried to collect her thoughts; but his visit had shaken her too deeply. He had roused her out of her self-imposed torpour into a state of hyper-acute sensibility, and detaching her from the plight in which she was entangled had compelled her to view it objectively."

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