touretty
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to Tourette syndrome.
Example Sentences
- "Sacks (1995) describes an actor who is violently Touretty offstage, but instantly becomes totally free of Tourettisms when in character and performing."
- "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."
Etymology
From Tourette syndrome + -y.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more Touretty (comparative)
most Touretty (superlative)