different between cretinize vs cretin

cretinize

English

Alternative forms

(UK) cretinise

Etymology

cretin +? -ize

Verb

cretinize (third-person singular simple present cretinizes, present participle cretinizing, simple past and past participle cretinized)

(transitive) To cause to be or act like a cretin.

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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

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Translations

Anagrams

centri-, cinter, citren, crinet

Romanian

Etymology

From French crétin

Noun

cretin m (plural cretini)

idiot

Declension

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