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Cretan (n.)
[Cretan 词源字典]
Old English
Cretense
(plural), from Latin
Cretanus
(singular); see
Crete
. They were proverbial in ancient times as liars; compare Greek
kretismos
"lying," literally "Cretan behavior."
[Cretan etymology, Cretan origin, 英语词源]