† ˈCretismObs.—0 [ad.Gr. κρητισµός Cretan behaviour, lying, f. κρητίζειν: see next, and cf.Fr.cretisme (Cotgr.).] (See quot. and Creticism.) 1656Blount Glossogr., Creticism or Cretism, the Art of coyning or inventing lyes. Hence in later and mod. Dicts.