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Touretty en · ADJ

Etymology

From Tourette syndrome + -y.

Meanings

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:

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