mountebankish
English
Etymology
mountebank + -ish
Adjective
mountebankish (comparative more mountebankish, superlative most mountebankish)
- Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mountebankish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)