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Definition of Cretinous
1. Adjective. Afflicted with cretinism.
Definition of Cretinous
1. a. Having the characteristics of a cretin.
Definition of Cretinous
1. Adjective. Characteristic of a cretin; very stupid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cretinous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Cretinous
1. Relating to cretinism or a cretin; affected with cretinism. Synonym: cretinistic. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cretinous
Literary usage of Cretinous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sesame and Lilies by John Ruskin (1888)
"Your converted children, who teach their parents; your converted convicts, who
teach honest men; your converted dunces, who, having lived in cretinous' ..."
2. Handbook of Geographical and Historical Pathology by August Hirsch (1885)
"there may be a conveyance of the endemic morbid poison to the offspring from
healthy parents is shown by the observation that in cretinous regions children ..."
3. Thyroid and Thymus by André Crotti (1918)
"It is, however, evident that goiter in the parents cannot be considered the cause
of cretinism, as it is only in endemic territory that cretinous children ..."
4. Transactions of the Pathological Society of London by Pathological Society of London (1904)
"Some such hypothesis seems to him to harmonise best with the remarkable frequency
with which cretinous calves are thrown by the breed in question ; and he ..."
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