Associations to the word «Cretin»

Wiktionary

CRETIN, noun. (pathology) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism.
CRETIN, noun. (pejorative) An idiot.

Dictionary definition

CRETIN, noun. A person of subnormal intelligence.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King