cretin
[kreet-n or, esp. British, kret-n]
noun
a person suffering from cretinism.
a stupid, obtuse, or mentally defective person.
Origin of cretin
1770–80; < French; Franco-Provençal creitin, crestin human being, literally, Christian (hence one who is human despite deformities)
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Related Words for cretinous
illiterate, uninformed, naive, obtuse, innocent, uneducated, oblivious, absurd, daft, foolish, half-witted, idiotic, inane, moronic, silly, sophomoric, stupid, cretinous, benighted, denseExamples from the Web for cretinous
Contemporary Examples of cretinous
Both films quite seriously question and call out the cretinous conception of "black masculinity" pushed in the idiom.
One editor at National Review—a friend of 30 years—emailed me that he thought my opinions “cretinous.”
Historical Examples of cretinous
Of these cretinous calumnies, there were hundreds afloat for years on end.
Charles Bradlaugh: a Record of His Life and Work, Volume II (of 2)Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner and J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson
cretin
noun
Word Origin for cretin
C18: from French crétin, from Swiss French crestin, from Latin Chrīstiānus Christian, alluding to the humanity of such people, despite their handicaps
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cretin
[krēt′n]
n.
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