mountebank.
One who sells dubious medicines.
Meaning & usage
One who sells dubious medicines.
One who sells by deception; a con artist.
Any boastful, false pretender.
An acrobat.
Where this word comes from
From archaic Italian montambanco (“quack who mounts a bench to hawk his wares”), contracted from monta-in-banco (“mount on bench”).
To act as a mountebank.
To cheat by boasting and false pretenses.
Where this word comes from
From archaic Italian montambanco (“quack who mounts a bench to hawk his wares”), contracted from monta-in-banco (“mount on bench”).
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