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Английский Этимологический словарь - cretin

 
 

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Cretin

cretin
- 1779, from Fr. Alpine dialect, "a dwarfed and deformed idiot," from V.L. *christianus "a Christian," a generic term for "anyone," but often with a sense of "poor fellow."
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1.
  ~ n especially spoken someone who is extremely stupid  (Don't be such a cretin! Don't you know anything?) - cretinous adj ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
  (cretins) If you call someone a cretin, you think they are very stupid. (OFFENSIVE) = moron N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
3.
   noun  Etymology: French cretin, from French dialect ~, literally, wretch, innocent victim, from Latin christianus Christian  Date: 1779  1. one afflicted with ~ism  2. a stupid, vulgar, or insensitive person ; clod, lout  • ~ous adjective ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
  n. 1 a person who is deformed and mentally retarded as the result of a thyroid deficiency. 2 colloq. a stupid person. Derivatives cretinism n. cretinize v.tr. (also -ise). cretinous adj. Etymology: F cr{eacute}tin f. Swiss F. creitin, crestin f. L Christianus CHRISTIAN ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
5.
  1. мед. кретин 2. кретин, болван, идиот ...
Новый большой англо-русский словарь
6.
  noun кретин ...
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