Meaning cretin
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cretin


1779, from French crétin (18c.), from Alpine dialect crestin, "a dwarfed and deformed idiot" of a type formerly found in families in the Alpine lands, a condition caused by a congenital defi [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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/kret'n/ 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 pronunciat [..]
Source: hacker-dictionary.com

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From the French "Crétin," which originally meant "Christian."
Source: westegg.com

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(n) a person of subnormal intelligence
Source: beedictionary.com





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