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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Of or pertaining to a torpedo; resembling a torpedo; exerting a benumbing influence; stupefying; dull; torpid.

Fishy were his eyes;

torpedinous

was his manner.

De Quincey.

torpedinous ‎(comparative more torpedinous, superlative most torpedinous)

Exerting a benumbing influence; stupefying; dull; torpid.
Fishy were his eyes; torpedinous was his manner. — De Quincey.