Torpedinous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Torpedinous \Tor*ped"i*nous\, a.
     Of or pertaining to a torpedo; resembling a torpedo; exerting
     a benumbing influence; stupefying; dull; torpid.
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           Fishy were his eyes; torpedinous was his manner. --De


                                                    Quincey.
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