medicaster

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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

Συνώνυμα

wise man

charlatan

sorcerer

Μεταφράσεις

kwakzalver

medicastro

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈmɛdɪkastə/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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).