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Definition: Cretin |
CretinNoun1. A person of subnormal intelligence. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cretin" was first used: 1779. (references) |
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Computing | Cretin /kret'in/ or /kree'tn/ n. Congenital loser; an obnoxious person; someone who can't do anything right. It has been observed that many American hackers tend to favor the British pronunciation /kret'in/ over standard American /kree'tn/; it is thought this may be due to the insidious phonetic influence of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Source: Jargon File. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Cretinism - is a congenital form of deficiency of thyroid hormones retarding mental and physical growth.Cretin is a person affected by cretinism.
This term might be regarded slightly pejorative but shouldn't be because it is just technical language.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cretinism."
Synonyms: CretinSynonyms: changeling (n), half-wit (n), idiot (n), imbecile (n), moron (n), retard (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cretin |
| Specialty definitions using "cretin": bagbiter ♦ DAU, drool-proof paper. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Cretin" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (idiot), Romanian (cretan, cretin, idiot, imbecile, mooncalf, Patsi). |
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Screenplays | You don't get to disagree, you knuckle-dragging cretin! (Ed; writing credit: Steven Joel Kerzner) | |
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Books | |
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 | Blockhead; bonehead; dolt; donkey; dope; dunce; fool; halfwit; idiot; imbecile; jackass; jerk; nincompoop; nitwit; numskull; schmuck; simpleton; twerp; twit; ass; birdbrain; blockhead; bonehead; boob; bore; buffoon; butt; chump; clod; clown; cretin; dimwi. |
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| "Cretin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.24% of the time. "Cretin" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 88.24% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Noun (proper) | 11.76% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 17 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cretin derham hall | 26 |
cretin home | 19 |
cretin | 18 |
cretin durham hall | 4 |
cretin derham | 4 |
cretin derham hall high school | 4 |
cretin high school | 3 |
cretin derhamhall.org | 3 |
amy cretin | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "cretin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | idiot (ass, dizzy, fool, idiot, idiotic, natural). (various references) | |
Arabic | معتل العقل, القمىء, القدامة. (various references) | |
Chinese | 愚侏病者. (various references) | |
Czech | kretén (cabbagehead, moron), idiot (idiot). (various references) | |
Danish | kretiner. (various references) | |
Dutch | cretin. (various references) | |
French | crétin. (various references) | |
German | Idiot (basket, blockhead, clown, doofus, drip, goon, idiot, imbecile, ninny, numskull, twit, zombie). (various references) | |
Greek | ηλίθιοσ (booby, clot, dopey, dull, dumb, fool, gawky, goofy, goon, idiot, idiotic, imbecile, mooncalf, moronic, nitwit, poky, sap-head, sheepish, sottish, stupid, thick), δύσμορφοσ (malformed). (various references) | |
Hebrew | בעל מום (cripple, invalid, lame duck). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kretén, hülye (blithering, bozo, clot, dead above the ears, Dotty, gaga, goofy, goon, half wit, half-wit, half-witted, idiot, idiotic, imbecile, jake, jay, klutz, moonstruck, moron, moronic, mutt, mutton-head, nerd, nitwit, nurd, nutter, oafish, sap-head, schmo, shmo, silly, stupid, vacuous, wacko, wart). (various references) | |
Indonesian | cebol (dwarf, midget), kerdil (dwarfish). (various references) | |
Italian | cretino (imbecile, nitwit, stupid). (various references) | |
Korean | 크 틴병 환자. (various references) | |
Manx | ommidan (crackpot, dope, featherbrain, fool, imbecile, loony, moron, mug, nutcase, twit, widgeon), creteen. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | etincray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cretino (cretinous, dullard, dunce, mooncalf, nitwit, nitwitted). (various references) | |
Romanian | cretin (cretan, idiot, imbecile, mooncalf, Patsi). (various references) | |
Russian | кретин (natural, schmo). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kreten (driveler, driveller, moron). (various references) | |
Spanish | cretino (cretinous). (various references) | |
Swedish | kretin. (various references) | |
Turkish | zekâ özürlü kimse, salak (country bumpkin, crazy, dimwitted, dolt, doltish, dope, dopey, fool, gullible, idiot, jerky, ninny, obtuse, silly, stupid, sucker), kreten, aptal (bird brained, birdbrain, booby, cuckoo, daft, Dotty, drag, dumb, dumb bell, dummy, dunce, fathead, fat-head, fat-headed, fatuous, feeble minded, fool, foolish, gaga, goofy, gormless, half wit, half-witted, harebrained, idiot, idiotic, inane, innocent, lummox, oafish, silly, simp, softhead, softy, stupid, thickheaded, tomfool, twerp, twit), ahmak (addled, ass, blockhead, boob, bumpkin, cabbagehead, chucklehead, chumpish, clot, country bumpkin, crass, deadly dull, dimwitted, dolt, doltish, dreary, dullish, dumb bell, dunderhead, dunderheaded, fathead, fool, foolish, gander, gawk, gawky, goat, goof, goose, greenhorn, Gubbins, half wit, half-witted, hayseed, idiot, jackass, jerk, josser, kookaburra, light in the head, loon, lummox, lump, muggins, mutt, mutton head, noddy, numskull, prune, pudding-head, sap, saphead, sappy, schlepper, simp, soft, stupid, twerp). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ідіот (idiot, moron, natural, omadhaun), кретин (natural, nitwit). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người ngu ngốc (blunderhead, chuckle-head, fat-head, feather-brain, feather-head, log-head). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cretin": cretinism, cretinisms, cretinous, cretins. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "cretin": secretin. (additional references) | |
Words containing "cretin": accreting, concreting, excreting, secreting, secretins. (additional references) | |
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"Cretin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Carentan, cartin, Cefin, ceftin, Cerin, Certen, certin, certing, certis, cerwin, cetan, ceti, cetine, cetrin, cettin, Chetan, Chretien, Coetan, cottin, createn, creatina, creatine, creatinin, Creina, creit, Creith, crestian, creta, cretean, creten, Creti, cretino, cretis, creton, Cretton, cretun, Cristin, criti, critia, criton, Crotti, crweetuu, kretan, retin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "cretin" (pronounced 'Cre"tin'): Alloxantin, Austin, Carotin, cathartin, Cetin, Chitin, Conglutin, Fibrinoplastin, Galactin, Glutin, Metapectin, Myristin, Oxalantin, Parapectin, Pectin, Plastin, Rhodeoretin, Rubiretin, Saliretin, Semiglutin, Urechitin, Violantin. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-n-r-t" | |
-1 letter: citer, inert, inter, nicer, niter, nitre, recti, trice, trine. | |
-2 letters: cent, cine, cire, cite, etic, nice, nite, rein, rent, rice, rite, tern, tier, tine, tire. | |
-3 letters: ern, ice, ire, net, nit, rec, rei, ret, rin, ten, tic, tie, tin. | |
-4 letters: en, er, et, in, it, ne, re, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: centric, ceratin, certain, cistern, cithern, cithren, citrine, cittern, cointer, creatin, cretins, crinite, enteric, enticer, inciter, neritic, noticer, tacrine. | |
+2 letters: acentric, anoretic, anuretic, argentic, bacterin, canister, carinate, catering, ceinture, centiare, centring, centrism, centrist, centroid, ceratins, christen, cincture, cisterna, cisterns, citherns, cithrens, citrines, citterns, clarinet, cointers, concerti, contrite, contrive, corniest, craniate, creatine, creating, creatins, creation, cresting, crinites, dicentra, doctrine, enticers, entropic, enuretic, erecting, erection, eructing, frenetic, gentrice, gerontic, incenter, inceptor, inciters, increate, indicter, indirect, infecter, infector, injector, interact, intercom, intercut, intrench, iterance, navicert, necrotic, neoteric, neuritic, neurotic, noticers, precinct, prentice, reacting, reaction, reciting, reincite, reindict, reinduct, reinfect, reinject, retching, reticent, ruthenic, scantier, secretin, snitcher, stricken, tacrines, terpenic, tincture, tricorne, unerotic. | |
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