Definitions | cretin |
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- A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones.
- (pejorative) An idiot.
Etymology: From term, crétin, lang=fr, from - (term, christianus), from (term, Christianus, lang=la), in the lost sense of 'unfortunate person'.
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