Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cretism \Cre"tism\ (kr[=e]"t[i^]z'm), n. [Gr. ????? lying, fr.
   ????? to act like a Cretan, that is, to lie. ``The Cretians
   are always liars.'' --Titus i. 12.]
   A Cretan practice; lying; a falsehood.