cretinistn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈkrɛtᵻnɪst/, U.S.

/ˈkritn̩əst/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cretin n., -ist suffix.

Etymology: < cretin n. + -ist suffix, after cretinism n. With use as adjective compare earlier cretinous adj.

A. n.

A person whose mental and physical development has been impaired by a deficiency of thyroid hormone during intrauterine or early life, esp. as a result of insufficient iodine in the diet; = cretin n. 1. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > [noun] > type of > person

idiot born1558

cretin1775

cretinist1839

Mongol1896

moron1910

pointy-head1946

Mongoloid1949

1839 Monthly Law Mag. Nov. 139 In the single prefecture of the Basses Alpes, the prefect reckoned, in 1800, three thousand cretinists.

1949 Σισμανογλειον: Arch. Tuberculosis 5 235 Hermann, after an examination on 41 persons who suffered from cretinism, is of the opinion that..the rate of tuberculosis is not greater... Bronstein, on 20 cretinists did not find any trace of tuberculosis.

B. adj.

Characterized by extreme stupidity or foolishness; idiotic, moronic.In quot. 1858 applied to the Oxford Movement, here accused of privileging religious over intellectual development at Oxford University.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [adjective] > idiotic

fonda1400

idiotc1400

idiotish1544

idiotly1581

idiotical1656

idiotic1659

imbecile1778

gypit1804

cretinist1858

cretinous1871

imbecilic1872

bodoh1873

dinlo1907

boob1911

pointy-headed1950

fuckwitted1973

divvy1975

fuckwit1979

numpty1992

1858 G. Smith in Oxf. Ess. IV. 266 Some of his [sc. Newman's] party displayed in University matters something of that ‘cretinist’ tendency which they have since developed in its natural sphere.

1939 Evening News (Rockhampton, Queensland) 3 Mar. 5/1 The addled brains of cretinist politicians, survivors of the brontosaurian epoch.

1994 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 30 July Castro told the conference that to reject foreign tourism ‘would not be socialist, but cretinist’.

2000 Lat. Amer. Res. Rev. 35 217 To promote the cretinist interpretation of an amateur ethnologist.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cretinist
释义	cretinistn.adj. Brit. /ˈkrɛtᵻnɪst/, U.S. /ˈkritn̩əst/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cretin n., -ist suffix. Etymology: < cretin n. + -ist suffix, after cretinism n. With use as adjective compare earlier cretinous adj. A. n. A person whose mental and physical development has been impaired by a deficiency of thyroid hormone during intrauterine or early life, esp. as a result of insufficient iodine in the diet; = cretin n. 1. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > [noun] > type of > person idiot born1558 cretin1775 cretinist1839 Mongol1896 moron1910 pointy-head1946 Mongoloid1949 1839 Monthly Law Mag. Nov. 139 In the single prefecture of the Basses Alpes, the prefect reckoned, in 1800, three thousand cretinists. 1949 Σισμανογλειον: Arch. Tuberculosis 5 235 Hermann, after an examination on 41 persons who suffered from cretinism, is of the opinion that..the rate of tuberculosis is not greater... Bronstein, on 20 cretinists did not find any trace of tuberculosis. B. adj. Characterized by extreme stupidity or foolishness; idiotic, moronic.In quot. 1858 applied to the Oxford Movement, here accused of privileging religious over intellectual development at Oxford University. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [adjective] > idiotic fonda1400 idiotc1400 idiotish1544 idiotly1581 idiotical1656 idiotic1659 imbecile1778 gypit1804 cretinist1858 cretinous1871 imbecilic1872 bodoh1873 dinlo1907 boob1911 pointy-headed1950 fuckwitted1973 divvy1975 fuckwit1979 numpty1992 1858 G. Smith in Oxf. Ess. IV. 266 Some of his [sc. Newman's] party displayed in University matters something of that ‘cretinist’ tendency which they have since developed in its natural sphere. 1939 Evening News (Rockhampton, Queensland) 3 Mar. 5/1 The addled brains of cretinist politicians, survivors of the brontosaurian epoch. 1994 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 30 July Castro told the conference that to reject foreign tourism ‘would not be socialist, but cretinist’. 2000 Lat. Amer. Res. Rev. 35 217 To promote the cretinist interpretation of an amateur ethnologist. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1839
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