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cretins
We have found lemma(root) word of cretins : cretin.
Definitions
[ˈkrɛt(ɪ)n], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a stupid person
- a person whose mental and physical development has been impaired by a deficiency of thyroid hormone in fetal or early life
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Origin
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late 18th century: from French crétin, from Swiss French crestin ‘Christian’ (from Latin Christianus), here used to mean ‘human being’, apparently as a reminder that, though deformed, such people were human and not beasts
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