tetched

== English == === Alternative forms === teched === Etymology === Variant of touched. === Adjective === tetched (comparative more tetched, superlative most tetched) (chiefly US, colloquial) Touched: mildly deranged, somewhat mentally dysfunctional. 1959 April 21, Ann Landers, "Oh Why Can't He See 'Dawn's Early Light'?, St. Petersburg Times (USA) (retrieved 26 June 2012): Just because he has trouble with the last verse of the Star Spangled Banner doesn't mean he's tetched. Maybe he has a mental block because you've been hammering him over the skull for three years about it. 1982 Sep. 27, Mary Cantwell, "Books Of The Times" (review of Goosefoot by Patrick McGinley), New York Times (retrieved 26 June 2012): There's a murderer about, but how can you spot him when everyone is moon-tetched? (chiefly US, colloquial) Touched: physically contacted, impacted, or handled. ==== Synonyms ==== (mildly deranged): touched in the head ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “tetched”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.