Tourettish

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adjective

Of or relating to Tourette syndrome.

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Meanings

adjectiveTourettish (comparative more Tourettish, superlative most Tourettish)

comparative more Tourettish · superlative most Tourettish

  1. Of or relating to Tourette syndrome.

    She readily accommodates Tourettish excitement, finding room for it in the outskirts of a commodious personality, and even gaining a certain advantage and pleasure from the extraordinary swiftness of thought and invention which goes with it.

    1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Origin

From Tourette syndrome + -ish.

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APA

Tourettish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tourettish

MLA

“Tourettish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tourettish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tourettish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tourettish.

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