tetched

or teched

[ techt ]

adjective
  1. touched; slightly crazy.

Origin of tetched

1
1925–30; variant of touched; perhaps representing earlier tached (Middle English techyd) in the compounds (well-)tached, (evil-)tached having the (specified) quality or disposition (Middle English tach(e), tech(e) trait, spot, stain <Old French tache spot (see tachism) + -ed3)

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How to use tetched in a sentence

  • You oughter hev made sure afore ye teched the trigger, Copenny, that he war the revenuer!

    The Ordeal | Charles Egbert Craddock