http://wordie.org/words/cretin Comments for the word 'Cretin' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/cretin#comments NOUN: Slang. One deficient in judgment and good sense: ass, fool, idiot,imbecile, jackass, <a href="/words/mooncalf">mooncalf</a>, moron, <a href="/words/nincompoop">nincompoop</a>, <a href="/words/ninny">ninny</a>, <a href="/words/nitwit">nitwit</a>, simple, <a href="/words/simpleton">simpleton</a>, <a href="/words/softhead">softhead</a>, <a href="/words/tomfool">tomfool</a>. Informal: dope, gander, goose. Slang: <a href="/words/ding-dong">ding-dong</a>, <a href="/words/dip">dip</a>, goof, jerk, nerd, <a href="/words/schmo">schmo</a>, <a href="/words/schmuck">schmuck</a>, <a href="/words/turkey">turkey</a>. Sat, 15 Sep 2007 06:00:45 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/cretin#comments http://wordie.org/words/cretin#comments 1779, from Fr. Alpine dialect crestin, "a <a href="/words/dwarfed">dwarfed</a> and <a href="/words/deformed">deformed</a> idiot," from V.L. christianus "a Christian," a generic term for "anyone," but often with a sense of "poor fellow."<br /><br /> Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:44:28 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/cretin#comments