Cretin - English meaning
Cretin – definitions in English dictionary
nounA stupid person (used as a general term of abuse).
nounA person who is physically deformed and has learning difficulties because of congenital thyroid deficiency.
nounA person whose mental and physical development has been impaired by a deficiency of thyroid hormone in fetal or early life.
Usage examples:
This congenital hypothyroidism, unlike the neurological cretin, is amenable to treatment with thyro…
nounAn offensive word for a person who is considered to be very stupid or unpleasant
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Word origin
late 18th century: from French crétin, from Swiss French crestin ‘Christian’ (from Latin Christianus ), here used to mean ‘human being’, apparently as a reminder that, though deformed, cretin
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