1) Changeling 2) Clod 3) Disparaging epithet 4) Fool in secret intrigue 5) French word used in English 6) Half-wit 7) Hardly a brainiac 8) Hardly a mensa candidate 9) Idiot 10) Imbecile 11) Lowlife 12) Mentally defective person 13) Moron 14) No einstein 15) Obtuse one 16) Retard 17) Simple 18) Simpleton Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/cretin
Person suffering from cretinism. Origin is Swiss French and means Christian. How cretin derives from a Swiss French word for Christian is a mystery to me. It has been suggested at http://www.chuckiii.com/Reports/Theater/August_Wilsons_Fences.shtml that people who were feebleminded had been `touched by God`
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Type: Term Pronunciation: kreh′tin, krē′tin Definitions: 1. Obsolete term for a patient exhibiting cretinism. 2. Obsolete term for anyone exhibiting congenital hypo-thyroidism. Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=21309