medicaster

Meaning

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

Synonyms

wise man

charlatan

sorcerer

Translations

kwakzalver

medicastro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɛdɪkastə/

Etymology

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).