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cretinoid

cretinoid adjective: of, pertaining to, or afflicted with cretinism.

Adjective

cretinoid (comparative more cretinoid, superlative most cretinoid)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with cretinism.

Noun

cretinoid (plural cretinoids)

  1. A person afflicted with cretinism.

Forms of cretinoid

Adjective
comparativemore cretinoid
superlativemost cretinoid
Noun
pluralcretinoids

Origin of cretinoid

From cretin + -oid.

Questions about cretinoid

What does cretinoid mean?
Cretinoid means of, pertaining to, or afflicted with cretinism.
What part of speech is cretinoid?
Cretinoid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near cretinoid in the dictionary

  1. cretinization
  2. cretinize
  3. cretinized
  4. cretinizes
  5. cretinizing
  6. cretinoid
  7. cretinoids
  8. cretinous
  9. cretinously
  10. cretins
  11. Creto-

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