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cretinoid
English
Etymology
cretin +? -oid
Adjective
cretinoid (comparative more cretinoid, superlative most cretinoid)
- Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with cretinism.
Related terms
- cretinous
Noun
cretinoid (plural cretinoids)
- An individual who is afflicted with cretinism.
Anagrams
- direction
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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
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