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- CRETIN Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
In Franco-Provençal (the Romance speech of French Switzerland and adjacent areas of France), a person affected by hypothyroidism was called a cretin, literally, “wretch, innocent victim,” The word meant simply “Christian” and emphasized the hypothyroid victim's basic humanity
- original meaning of ‘cretin’: ‘Christian’, ‘human being’
The French word crétin is an adaptation of Swiss patois crestin, creitin, from Latin Christianum, meaning Christian In this case, it means human being as distinguished from the brutes, the sense being that these beings are really human, though so deformed physically and mentally According to Bruyn and Poser, the word also reflects
- cretin - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From French crétin (“cretin, idiot”), likely from crestin, an Alpine dialectal form of chrétien, from Latin christiānus in the lost sense of “anyone in Christendom”, often with a sense of “poor fellow”
- CRETIN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Get a quick, free translation! CRETIN definition: 1 an offensive word for a person who is considered to be very stupid or unpleasant 2 an offensive… Learn more
- Cretin - definition of cretin by The Free Dictionary
Define cretin cretin synonyms, cretin pronunciation, cretin translation, English dictionary definition of cretin n Often Offensive 1 A person with cretinism 2 A person considered to be foolish or unintelligent cre′tin·oid′ adj cre′tin·ous adj American Heritage®
- cretin noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . .
Definition of cretin noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- CRETIN definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
2 meanings: 1 old-fashioned a person with cretinism 2 offensive a person considered to be extremely stupid Click for more definitions
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