charlatan
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lə noun
a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses; quack.
Origin:
1595–1605; < Middle French < Italian ciarlatano, equivalent to ciarla(tore) chatterer (derivative of ciarlare to chatter; from imitative root) + (cerre)tano hawker, quack, literally, native of Cerreto, a village in Umbria, known for its quacks
1595–1605; < Middle French < Italian ciarlatano, equivalent to ciarla(tore) chatterer (derivative of ciarlare to chatter; from imitative root) + (cerre)tano hawker, quack, literally, native of Cerreto, a village in Umbria, known for its quacks
Related forms
char·la·tan·ic [shahr-luh-tan-ik] , char·la·tan·i·cal, char·la·tan·ish, char·la·tan·is·tic, adjective
[shahr-luh-tan-ik] , char·la·tan·i·cal, char·la·tan·ish, char·la·tan·is·tic, adjective char·la·tan·i·cal·ly, adverb
Synonyms
impostor, mountebank, fraud, fake, phony.
impostor, mountebank, fraud, fake, phony.
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| —n | |
| someone who professes knowledge or expertise, esp in medicine, that he or she does not have; quack | |
| [C17: from French, from Italian ciarlatano, from ciarlare to chatter] | |
| 'charlatanism | |
| —n | |
| 'charlatanry | |
| —n | |
| charlatan'istic | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
charlatan
1611, from It. ciarlatano "a quack," from ciarlare "to prate, babble," from ciarla "chat, prattle," perhaps imitative of ducks' quacking.
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Medical Dictionary
charlatan char·la·tan (shär'lə-tən)
n.
A person fraudulently claiming knowledge and skills not possessed.
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Example sentences
For every self-promoting charlatan, there's a true public servant.
But he was also a charismatic showman with a touch of the charlatan about him, and he loved a good spectacle.
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