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charlatanry

[shahr-luh-tn-ree]

noun, plural char·la·tan·ries.

charlatanism.

Origin:
1630–40; charlatan + -ry

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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

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charlatan (ˈʃɑːlət^ən)

—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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"The great pagan world of which Egypt and Greece were the last living terms ... once had a vast and perhaps perfect science of its own, a science in terms of life. In our era this science crumbled into magic and charlatanry. But even wisdom crumbles."

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