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# cretin

«cretin» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person born with a serious illness that stops the body…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (cretin, cretins)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (old use) A person born with a serious illness that stops the body and mind growing properly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cretin/#m1)

2) (rude) A foolish or stupid person; now a hurtful insult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cretin/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales, a word for a stupid or pitiful person; today it is offensive, so do not use it

### examples

- The poor cretin crept away to his bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cretin/#x1)
- Don't call people cretins; it is cruel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cretin/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cretin» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cretin/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.