Touretty

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English

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Etymology

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From Tourette +‎ -y.

Adjective

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Touretty (comparative more Touretty, superlative most Touretty)

  1. Of or relating to Tourette syndrome.
    • 2002, Jeffrey J. Marotta, Judy A. Cornelius, William R. Eadington, The downside: problem and pathological gambling, page 101:
      Sacks (1995) describes an actor who is violently Touretty offstage, but instantly becomes totally free of Tourettisms when in character and performing.
    • 2010, Peter Manley Scott, Celia Deane-Drummond, Future Perfect?: God, Medicine and Human Identity, 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.