- mountebankery
- noun see mountebank I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
mountebankery
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Mountebankery — Mount e*bank er*y, n. The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mountebankery — ŋkərē noun ( es) 1. : charlatanry, hocus pocus 2. : an action characteristic of a mountebank this is wonderful mountebankery … at once pathetic and uproarious New York Times … Useful english dictionary
mountebankery — n. deception, fraud … English contemporary dictionary
mountebankery — moun·te·bank·ery … English syllables
mountebank — mountebankery /mown teuh bangk euh ree/, n. /mown teuh bangk /, n. 1. a person who sells quack medicines, as from a platform in public places, attracting and influencing an audience by tricks, storytelling, etc. 2. any charlatan or quack. v.i. 3 … Universalium
Mountebankism — Mount e*bank*ism, n. The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mountebank — I. noun Etymology: Italian montimbanco, from montare to mount + in in, on + banco, banca bench Date: 1577 1. a person who sells quack medicines from a platform 2. a boastful unscrupulous pretender ; charlatan • mountebankery noun II … New Collegiate Dictionary
mountebank — [ maʊntɪbaŋk] noun 1》 a person who deceives others. 2》 historical a person who sold patent medicines in public. Derivatives mountebankery noun Origin C16: from Ital. montambanco, from the imperative phr. monta in banco! climb on the bench! (with… … English new terms dictionary
roguery — n 1. knavishness, rascality, roguishness, churlishness; villainy, miscreancy, reprobacy, incor rigibleness; blackguardism, currishness, caddishness, dastardliness, quackery, Archaic. quacksalvery, mountebankery, charlatanism; imposture,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
mountebank — /ˈmaʊntəbæŋk / (say mowntuhbangk) noun 1. someone who sells quack medicines from a platform in public places, appealing to the audience by tricks, storytelling, etc. 2. any charlatan or quack. –verb (i) 3. to play the mountebank. {Italian… …
