Cretin Definition

krētn
cretins
noun
cretins
A person suffering from cretinism.
Webster's New World
A very stupid or foolish person.
Webster's New World

(pathology) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism.

Wiktionary

(pejorative) An idiot.

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Other Word Forms of Cretin

Noun

Singular:
cretin
Plural:
cretins

Origin of Cretin

  • French crétin from French dialectal deformed and mentally retarded person found in certain Alpine valleys from Vulgar Latin christiānus Christian, human being, poor fellow from Latin Chrīstiānus Christian Christian

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • 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'.

    From Wiktionary

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