coprolalia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French coprolalie, coined by French neurologist Georges Gilles de la Tourette in 1885. Equivalent to copro- + -lalia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
coprolalia (countable and uncountable, plural coprolalias)
- (psychiatry) The uncontrolled use of abusive, obscene or scatological language; especially such behaviour associated with Tourette syndrome.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
uncontrolled use of obscenity
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Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
coprolalia f (plural coprolalias)
Further reading[edit]
- “coprolalia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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