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 Crete.Cre’tinism. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Cre’ticus.
 
Metellus, the Roman general, was so called because he conquered Crete (Candia).   1
 


 Crete.Cre’tinism. 

 
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