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Definition of Cretin
1. Noun. A person of subnormal intelligence.
Specialized synonyms: Mongoloid
Generic synonyms: Simple, Simpleton
Derivative terms: Cretinous, Idiotic, Imbecilic, Moronic, Retard
Definition of Cretin
1. n. One afflicted with cretinism.
Definition of Cretin
1. Noun. (pathology) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism. ¹
2. Noun. (pejorative) An idiot. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cretin
1. an idiot [n -S] - See also: idiot
Medical Definition of Cretin
1. An individual exhibiting cretinism. Origin: Fr. Cretin (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cretin
Literary usage of Cretin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on diseases of children by Robert Hutchison (1906)
"In order to do a cretin real good, you have to catch him early, ... There is too
great a tendency to label almost every mentally defective child a cretin. ..."
2. Transactions of the American Pediatric Society by American Pediatric Society (1896)
"The accompanying photograph is of a cretin, seven months pregnant. She was born
in Eastern Massachusetts, of American cretin, THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS OF AGE, ..."
3. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ...by John Howard Brown by John Howard Brown (1904)
"cretin CRESWELL, John Angel James, senator, was born in Port Deposit, Md., Nov.
... cretin, Joseph, RC bishop, was born in Montluel, department l'Ain, ..."
4. The Half-yearly Abstract of the Medical Sciences: Being a Digest of British edited by William Harcourt Ranking, Charles Bland Radcliffe, William Dommett Stone (1862)
"In some cases, indeed, a cretin may be apt in learning languages, music, or drawing.
In the majority of cases M. ..."
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