cretin
cretin
[ˈkrɛtɪn]
noun
cretinism
noun
cretinous
adjective
语源
[ˈkrɛtɪn]
noun
- a stupid person (used as a general term of abuse)
（辱骂语）笨蛋；傻瓜
■(Medicine, dated)a person who is deformed and mentally handicapped because of congenital thyroid deficiency
(医 旧)（因先天性甲状腺缺陷引起的）呆小病患者，克汀病者；愚侏病患者
cretinism
noun
cretinous
adjective
语源
- late 18th cent.: from French crétin, from Swiss French crestin 'Christian' (from Latin Christianus), here used to mean 'human being', apparently as a reminder that, though deformed, cretins were human and not beasts
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