Synonyms of charlatan
charlatan
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char·la·tan 
[shahr-luh-tn] Pronunciation Key
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[shahr-luh-tn] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a person who pretends to more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses; quack. |
[Origin: 1595–1605; < MF < It ciarlatano, equiv. to ciarla(tore) chatterer (deriv. of ciarlare to chatter; from imit. root) + (cerre)tano hawker, quack, lit., native of Cerreto, a village in Umbria, known for its quacks]
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char·la·tan·ic
[shahr-luh-tan-ik] Pronunciation Key, char·la·tan·i·cal, char·la·tan·ish, char·la·tan·is·tic, adjective
[shahr-luh-tan-ik] Pronunciation Key, 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.
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| char·la·tan
(shär'lə-tən) Pronunciation Key
n. A person who makes elaborate, fraudulent, and often voluble claims to skill or knowledge; a quack or fraud. [French, from Italian ciarlatano, probably alteration (influenced by ciarlare, to prattle) of cerretano, inhabitant of Cerreto, a city of Italy once famous for its quacks.] char'la·tan'ic (-tān'ĭk), char'la·tan'i·cal adj., char'la·tan·ism, char'la·tan·ry n. |
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charlatan
charlatan
1611, from It. ciarlatano "a quack," from ciarlare "to prate, babble," from ciarla "chat, prattle," perhaps imitative of ducks' quacking.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| charlatan | |
noun | |
| a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes [syn: mountebank] |
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charlatan char·la·tan (shär'lə-tən)
n.
A person fraudulently claiming knowledge and skills not possessed.
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Charlatan
Char"la*tan\, n. [F. charlatan, fr. It. ciarlatano, fr. ciarlare to chartter, prate; of imitative origin; cf. It. zirlare to whistle like a thrush.] One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank.
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