mountebankery
1Mountebankery — Mount e*bank er*y, n. The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses. [1913 Webster] …
2mountebankery — ŋkərē noun ( es) 1. : charlatanry, hocus pocus 2. : an action characteristic of a mountebank this is wonderful mountebankery … at once pathetic and uproarious New York Times …
3mountebankery — noun see mountebank I …
4mountebankery — n. deception, fraud …
5mountebankery — moun·te·bank·ery …
6mountebank — mountebankery /mown teuh bangk euh ree/, n. /mown teuh bangk /, n. 1. a person who sells quack medicines, as from a platform in public places, attracting and influencing an audience by tricks, storytelling, etc. 2. any charlatan or quack. v.i. 3 …
7Mountebankism — Mount e*bank*ism, n. The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery. [1913 Webster] …
8mountebank — I. noun Etymology: Italian montimbanco, from montare to mount + in in, on + banco, banca bench Date: 1577 1. a person who sells quack medicines from a platform 2. a boastful unscrupulous pretender ; charlatan • mountebankery noun II …
9mountebank — [ maʊntɪbaŋk] noun 1》 a person who deceives others. 2》 historical a person who sold patent medicines in public. Derivatives mountebankery noun Origin C16: from Ital. montambanco, from the imperative phr. monta in banco! climb on the bench! (with… …
10roguery — n 1. knavishness, rascality, roguishness, churlishness; villainy, miscreancy, reprobacy, incor rigibleness; blackguardism, currishness, caddishness, dastardliness, quackery, Archaic. quacksalvery, mountebankery, charlatanism; imposture,… …
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