a. [f. as prec. + -OUS.] Of or pertaining to a cretin; of the nature of cretinism.
1839. Todd, Cycl. Anat., II. 471/2. The … cretinous affections … are striking examples of the effect of hereditary influence combined with that of … situation.
1863. Ruskin, Munera P. (1880), 146. The whole nature of slavery being one cramp and cretinous contraction.
