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cretins

cretins is the plural of cretin.

Meaning of cretin

Noun

cretin (plural cretins)

  1. (archaic) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism.
  2. (broadly, derogatory) An idiot.
    • When I challenged the symbolism, tried to make the professor consider the book as a piece of realism, he regarded me as if I were an absolute cretin. He got very supercilious and condescending […]1969, Irving Wallace, The Seven Minutes

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Questions about cretins

What is cretins the plural of?
Cretins is the plural of cretin.

Words near cretins in the dictionary

  1. cretinizing
  2. cretinoid
  3. cretinoids
  4. cretinous
  5. cretinously
  6. cretins
  7. Creto-
  8. creton
  9. cretonnade
  10. cretonne
  11. cretonnes

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