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cretin
UK /ˈkɹɛtɪn/ US /ˈkɹiːtɪn/
noun 2name 1
Definitions
noun
1
A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism.
2
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 […]
name
1
A surname.
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