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Touretty

Touretty adjective: of or relating to Tourette syndrome.

Adjective

Touretty (comparative more Touretty, superlative most Touretty)

  1. Of or relating to Tourette syndrome.
    • Sacks (1995) describes an actor who is violently Touretty offstage, but instantly becomes totally free of Tourettisms when in character and performing.2002, Jeffrey J. Marotta, Judy A. Cornelius, William R. Eadington, The downside: problem and pathological gambling, page 101
    • The patient observes and analyses the situation, and firmly identifies with the Touretty state as being natural to him, and also the source of his vivacity.2010, Peter Manley Scott, Celia Deane-Drummond, Future Perfect?: God, Medicine and Human Identity, page 101

Forms of Touretty

comparativemore Touretty
superlativemost Touretty

Origin of Touretty

From Tourette syndrome + -y.

Questions about Touretty

What does Touretty mean?
Touretty means of or relating to Tourette syndrome.
What part of speech is Touretty?
Touretty is an adjective.

Words near Touretty in the dictionary

  1. Tourettic
  2. touretting
  3. Tourettish
  4. tourettism
  5. tourettisms
  6. Touretty
  7. tourgoer
  8. tourgoers
  9. tourgroup
  10. tourgroups
  11. tourguide

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