medicaster

Betekenis (Engels)

A quack doctor; someone who pretends to have medical knowledge.

Sinonieme

wise man

charlatan

sorcerer

Vertalings

kwakzalver

medicastro

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈmɛdɪkastə/

Etimologie (Engels)

From French médicastre or Italian medicastro, from Late Latin medicaster, from Latin medicus (“a doctor, a physician; a surgeon”) + -aster (suffix forming nouns expressing incomplete resemblance, which are thus usually pejorative).