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- Dictionarycretin/ˈkrɛt(ɪ)n/
noun
- 1. a stupid person (used as a general term of abuse). informal, derogatory
- 2. a person whose mental and physical development has been impaired by a deficiency of thyroid hormone in fetal or early life. dated
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noun. cre· tin ˈkrē-tᵊn. Synonyms of cretin. 1. often offensive : one afflicted with cretinism. 2. informal : a stupid, vulgar, or insensitive person : clod, lout. … they started doing stupid boy stuff, like trying to untie our straps and pour sand down our bathing suits. Really, guys were such cretins sometimes. Marilyn Reynolds. cretinous.
CRETIN definition: 1. an offensive word for a person who is considered to be very stupid or unpleasant 2. an offensive…. Learn more.
The English language has no shortage of cruel names for people, and one of them is cretin, which is what you’d call someone who is very, very dumb in the head. Back before cretin meant “a stupid person,” it was a medical term for a
Cretin definition: (no longer in technical use) a person with cretinism. . See examples of CRETIN used in a sentence.
Definition of cretin noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. (now considered offensive and no longer in technical use) a person who is affected by dwarfism and learning difficulties due to the absence or deficiency of normal thyroid secretion. 2. offensive slang. a stupid, obtuse, or foolish person.
1. (Pathology) old-fashioned a person afflicted with cretinism. 2. offensive a person considered to be extremely stupid. [C18: from French crétin, from Swiss French crestin, from Latin Chrīstiānus Christian, alluding to the humanity of such people, despite their handicaps] ˈcretinˌoid adj. ˈcretinous adj.
From French crétin (“cretin, idiot”), from crestin, an Alpine dialectal form of chrétien, from Vulgar Latin christianus in the lost sense of 'anyone in Christendom', often with a sense of 'poor fellow'.
cretin meaning, definition, what is cretin: an offensive word for someone who is ext...: Learn more.
cretin / ˈ kriːtn̩/ Brit / ˈ krɛtn̩/ noun. plural cretins. Britannica Dictionary definition of CRETIN. [count] informal + offensive. : a stupid or annoying person. Let me know if these cretins [= jerks, idiots] bother you.
