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11Charlatanical — Charlatanic Char la*tan ic, Charlatanical Char la*tan ic*al, a. Of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; empirical; pretentious; quackish. {Char la*tan ic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …
12Charlatanically — Charlatanic Char la*tan ic, Charlatanical Char la*tan ic*al, a. Of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; empirical; pretentious; quackish. {Char la*tan ic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …
13quack — I. intransitive verb Etymology: alteration of queck to quack, from Middle English queken, from queke, interjection, of imitative origin Date: 14th century to make the characteristic cry of a duck II. noun Date: 1798 a noise made by quacking III.… …
14Snake oil — is a traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain. However, the most common usage of the phrase is as a derogatory term for compounds offered as medicines which implies that they are fake, fraudulent, quackish, or ineffective. The… …
15quack — quack1 /kwak/, n. 1. the harsh, throaty cry of a duck or any similar sound. v.i. 2. to utter the cry of a duck or a sound resembling it. [1610 20; imit.; cf. D kwakken, G quacken] quack2 quackish, adj. quackishly …
16quackishness — noun The state or condition of being quackish …
17quackishly — adverb In a quackish manner …
18charlatan — Synonyms and related words: blagueur, bluff, bluffer, charlatanic, charlatanish, fake, faker, fourflusher, fraud, horse doctor, humbug, impersonator, impostor, malingerer, medicaster, medicine man, medicine monger, mountebank, phony, poser,… …
19quack — Synonyms and related words: blagueur, bluff, bluffer, cackle, call, carol, caw, charlatan, charlatanic, charlatanish, chatter, cheep, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, chuck, clack, cluck, cock a doodle doo, coo, counterfeit, counterfeiter,… …
20unskillfulness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of expertise Nouns 1. unskillfulness, incompetence; inability, inexperience; quackery, maladroitness, ineptness, clumsiness, awkwardness, two left feet, black thumb. 2. mismanagement, misconduct;… …
