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tetched

tetched adjective: touched: mildly deranged, somewhat mentally dysfunctional.

Adjective

tetched (comparative more tetched, superlative most tetched)

  1. (US, colloquial) Touched: mildly deranged, somewhat mentally dysfunctional.
    • "His mind was as keen as a razor, an' as straight-edged, 'xcept jest on one subject. On that he was, so to say, a little—wal—a little tetched."1889, Laura E. Richards, chapter 9, in Queen Hildegarde
    • Just because he has trouble with the last verse of the Star Spangled Banner doesn't mean he's tetched. Maybe he has a mental block because you've been hammering him over the skull for three years about it.1959 April 21, Ann Landers, "Oh Why Can't He See 'Dawn's Early Light'?, St. Petersburg Times (USA) (retrieved 26 June 2012)
  2. (US, colloquial) Touched: physically contacted, impacted, or handled.
    • "They ain't bin tetched or handled by any one but the Kempany's agents."1899, Bret Harte, “Dick Spindler's Family Christmas”, in Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation and Other Stories
    • "That bullet never tetched ye!"c. 1900, O. Henry, The Reformation Of Calliope

Synonyms of tetched

Forms of tetched

comparativemore tetched
superlativemost tetched
alternative formteched

Origin of tetched

Variant of touched.

Words formed from tetched

Questions about tetched

What does tetched mean?
Tetched means touched: mildly deranged, somewhat mentally dysfunctional.
What part of speech is tetched?
Tetched is an adjective.

Words near tetched in the dictionary

  1. tetartoids
  2. Tetas
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  4. Tetbury
  5. tetch
  6. tetched
  7. tetched in the haid
  8. tetched in the head
  9. tetches
  10. tetchier
  11. tetchiest

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