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Variant of touched.

adjective more tetched · most tetched · teched

US, colloquial Touched: mildly deranged, somewhat mentally dysfunctional. "His mind was as keen as a razor, an' as straight-edged, 'xcept jest on one subject. On that he was, so to say, a little—wal—a little tetched."
Similar: touched in the head
US, colloquial Touched: physically contacted, impacted, or handled. "They ain't bin tetched or handled by any one but the Kempany's agents."

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@misc{tetched_2026,
  title = {tetched},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tetched},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}