tetched

Or teched

[techt]

adjective

1. touched; slightly crazy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tetched¹

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 ( tachism ) + -ed ³ )

Example Sentences

Trump and his supporters would likely greet a formal diagnosis in the same way they greet every news item that makes it clear that the man is tetched: Deny, deflect, defend.

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As Heather Digby Parton chronicled for Salon last week, the idea that Blasey Ford is a bit tetched and must be confused about which guy allegedly groped her at a party has been gaining steam in right-wing circles, and was even floated in a recent column by the deplorable Kathleen Parker of the Washington Post.

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"You are a journalist, you should have the skills to analyse it yourself!" the Special One tetched.

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Now 't wuz the hottest kind o' weather, An' when at last they come together, It didn't signify which won, Fer all the mischief hed ben done: The goose wuz there, but, fer his soul, Joe wouldn't ha' tetched it with a pole; But Isrel kind o' liked the smell on't An' made his dinner very well on't.

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Dey neber tetched nothin' wid dere han's, but used de waiter to pass things wid.

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