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cretin

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

cre·tin / ˈkrētn/ • n. a stupid person (used as a general term of abuse). ∎ dated Med. a person who is deformed and mentally handicapped because of congenital thyroid deficiency. DERIVATIVES: cre·tin·ism / -ˌizəm/ n. cre·tin·ous / -əs/ adj.

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cretin

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cretin deformed idiot of the Alpine valleys. XVIII. — F. crétin — Swiss F. creitin, crestin :- L. Chrīstiānus CHRISTIAN, the reprs. of which in Rom. langs. also mean ‘human being’ as dist. from the brutes.

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cretin

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

cretin •assassin • Yeltsin • sasine •Solzhenitsyn • rebbetzin •biomedicine, medicine •ceresin •ricin, Terramycin •tocsin, toxin •Wisconsin • oxytocin • niacin •moccasin • characin • Capuchin •Latin, satin •plantain • captain •marten, martin •cretin •pecten, pectin •Quentin •clandestine, destine, intestine •sit-in • quintain • bulletin • chitin •Austen, Mostyn •fountain, mountain •gluten, highfalutin, Rasputin •Dustin, Justin •biotin • legatine • gelatin • keratin •certain, Curtin •Kirsten • Gethin • lecithin • Bleddyn •Gavin, ravin, ravine, savin, spavin •Alvin, Calvin •Marvin •Bevin, Kevin, levin, Previn, replevin •kelvin, Melvin •riboflavin • covin • Mervyn

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