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cretinize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cre-tinize
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause to be or act like a cretin.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree English cretin Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English cretinize From cretin + -ize.

Usage

Inflected Forms

cretinizes (present, singular) cretinizing (participle, present) cretinized (participle, past) cretinized (past) cretinise (alternative)

Questions

What does cretinize mean?
To cause to be or act like a cretin.
Where does cretinize come from?
Etymology tree English cretin Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English cretinize From cretin + -ize.

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