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noun
The uncontrolled use of abusive, obscene or scatological language; especially such behaviour associated with Tourette syndrome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an uncontrollable use of obscene language; often accompanied by mental disorders
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pathology
History
Borrowed from French coprolalie, coined by French neurologist Georges Gilles de la Tourette in 1885. Equivalent to copro- + -lalia.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
