quacksalver

Senso (Inglese)

One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack.

Concetti

ciarlatano

medicastro

sinonimi

charlatan

quack

mountebank

fake doctor

simulator

trickster

imposter

quack doctor

pretender

Traduzioni

Quacksalber

charlatan

charlatán

curandero

kwakzalver

médicastre

rebouteur

marchand d'orviétan

charlatão

curandero

medicastro

Kurpfuscher

αλμπάνης

κομπογιαννίτης

τσαρλατάνος

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈkwæksælvə/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine olandese: zalf

In summary

From Dutch quacksalver (“a hawker of salve”) (now spelt kwakzalver), derived from Middle Dutch quacsalven (noun or verb), from kwaken (“to boast, to brag; to croak”) + salve (“ointment, salve”) (modern Dutch zalf) + -er (agent noun suffix).