torpent

== English == === Etymology === From Latin torpens, present participle of torpere (“to be numb”). === Adjective === torpent (comparative more torpent, superlative most torpent) (obsolete) Having no motion or activity; benumbed; torpid. === Noun === torpent (plural torpents) (medicine, obsolete) A numbing agent. ==== References ==== “torpent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === portent == Latin == === Verb === torpent third-person plural present active indicative of torpeō