coprolalia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The uncontrolled use of abusive, obscene or scatological language; especially such behaviour associated with Tourette syndrome.

/ˌkɑpɹəˈleɪliə/

coprolalia coprolalias

Borrowed from French coprolalie, coined by French neurologist Georges Gilles de la Tourette in 1885. Equivalent to copro- + -lalia.

coprographia copropraxia

coprolaliac coprolalic

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