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cretin
English
Etymology
From French crétin (“cretin, idiot”), from crestin, an Alpine dialectal form of chrétien, from Vulgar Latin christi?nus in the lost sense of “anyone in Christendom”, often with a sense of “poor fellow”. Doublet of Christian.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k??t?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?i?t?n/, /?k??t?n/
- Homophone: Cretan (one pronunciation)
Noun
cretin (plural cretins)
- (pathology) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism. [from 1779]
- (by extension, derogatory) An idiot.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:idiot
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- Cretinism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:Cretinism on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- centri-, cinter, citren, crinet
Romanian
Etymology
From French crétin
Noun
cretin m (plural cretini)
- idiot
Declension
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nitwit
English
Etymology
First attested in the 1910s in the US Northeast. Likely from German nit, dialectal form of nichts (“nothing”), or Yiddish ???? (nit), dialectal form of ????? (nisht, “no”), although some dictionaries give the alternative etymology nit (“louse egg; something very small”) +? wit.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?n?tw?t/
Noun
nitwit (plural nitwits)
- (informal) A scatterbrained or stupid person.
- 1918, State Bar Association of Connecticut, Annual Report, page 82
- If you don't remember you are a nitwit. If you do answer, well, you know what the penalty is for perjury.
- 1921, Emmett Campbell Hall, "Need a Hero be a Nitwit?", The Editor, page 58
- 1918, State Bar Association of Connecticut, Annual Report, page 82
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:fool
Translations
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