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(cretins) If you call someone a cretin, you think they are very stupid. (OFFENSIVE) = moron N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: French cretin, from French dialect ~, literally, wretch, innocent victim, from Latin christianus Christian Date: 1779 1. one afflicted with ~ism 2. a stupid, vulgar, or insensitive person ; clod, lout • ~ous adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a person who is deformed and mentally retarded as the result of a thyroid deficiency. 2 colloq. a stupid person. Derivatives cretinism n. cretinize v.tr. (also -ise). cretinous adj. Etymology: F cr{eacute}tin f. Swiss F. creitin, crestin f. L Christianus CHRISTIAN ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1779, from Fr. Alpine dialect, "a dwarfed and deformed idiot," from V.L. *christianus "a Christian," a generic term for "anyone," but often with a sense of "poor fellow." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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