cretin
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n Origin:
1770–80; < French; Franco-Provençal creitin, crestin human being, literally, Christian (hence one who is human despite deformities)
1770–80; < French; Franco-Provençal creitin, crestin human being, literally, Christian (hence one who is human despite deformities)
Related forms
cre·ti·noid, adjective
cre·tin·ous, adjective
sem·i·cre·tin, noun
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cretin (ˈkrɛtɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | 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 | |
| 'cretinoid | |
| —adj | |
| 'cretinous | |
| —adj | |
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Cretin
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
cretin
1779, from Fr. Alpine dialect crestin, "a dwarfed and deformed idiot" of a type formerly found in families in the Alpine lands, a condition caused by a congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones, from V.L. *christianus "a Christian," a generic term for "anyone," but often with a sense of "poor fellow."
Related: Cretinism (1801).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
cretin cre·tin (krēt'n)
n.
A person afflicted with cretinism.
cre'tin·oid' (-oid') adj.
cre'tin·ous (-əs) adj.
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Slang Dictionary
cretin
/kret'in/ or /kree'tn/ n. Congenital loser; an obnoxious person; someone who can't do anything right. It has been observed that many American hackers tend to favor the British pronunciation /kret'in/ over standard American /kree'tn/; it is thought this may be due to the insidious phonetic influence of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
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Example sentences
Nothing out of ordinary, which means that you are a well, you are a cretin by your own definition.
What a arrogant worthless spew of vile ignorant claptrap this cretin has come up with.
The people who should be horse-whipped are those who keep bending over backwards to give this cretin a platform.
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