cretin

n.

1. A person afflicted with cretinism.
2. Slang. An idiot.

[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. See Christian.]

cretinoid cre'tin·oid' (-oid') adj.
cretinous cre'tin·ous (-əs) adj.

noun

One deficient in judgment and good sense: ass, fool, idiot, imbecile, jackass, mooncalf, moron, nincompoop, ninny, nitwit, simple, simpleton, softhead, tomfool. Informal dope, gander, goose. Slang ding-dong, dip, goof, jerk, nerd, schmo, schmuck, turkey. See ability/inability.

Congenital loser; an obnoxious person; someone who can't do anything right. It has been observed that many American hackers tend to favor the British pronunciation /kret´in/ over standard American /kree´tn/; it is thought this may be due to the insidious phonetic influence of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

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n

A thyroid-deficient dwarfed individual with mental subnormality.

Resembling a cretin, or suggestive of cretinism.

IN BRIEF: n. - A person of subnormal intelligence.

Tutor's tip: A "cretin" is an insensitive person, while "creatine" is an amino acid that assists muscular movements.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - dumrian

Nederlands (Dutch)
imbeciel

Français (French)
n. - (Méd) crétin, crétin (péj)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kretin, Dummkopf

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κρετίνος, ηλίθιος

Italiano (Italian)
cretino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cretino (m) (Med.) (coloq.)

Русский (Russian)
кретин

Español (Spanish)
n. - cretino

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kretin, idiot (skällsord)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
白痴病患者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 白癡病患者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 크레틴병 환자, 바보

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - クレチン病患者, 白痴

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) غبي, أبله, أحمق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מפלצת, מפגר, אידיוט‬

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