charlatan

char·la·tan  (shärl-tn)

n.

A person who makes elaborate, fraudulent, and often voluble claims to skill or knowledge; a quack or fraud.

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[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.]

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charla·tanic (-tnk), charla·tani·cal adj.

charla·tan·ism, charla·tan·ry n.

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charlatan [ˈʃɑːlət^ən]

n

someone who professes knowledge or expertise, esp in medicine, that he does not have; quack

[from French, from Italian ciarlatano, from ciarlare to chatter]

charlatanism , charlatanry n

charlatanistic  adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

charlatan - a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes mountebank beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true craniologist, phrenologist - someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull quack - an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice

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charlatan

noun fraud, cheat, fake, sham, pretender, quack, con man (informal), impostor, fraudster, swindler, mountebank, grifter (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), phoney or phony (informal) This so-called psychic was exposed as a charlatan.

Translations

charlatan [ˈʃɑːlətən] N → charlatán/tana m/f

charlatan [ˈʃɑː^rlət^ən] n → charlatan m

charlatan

n → Scharlatan m

charlatan [ˈʃɑːlət/ən] n → ciarlatano

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charlatan [ˈʃɑːlət/ən] n → ciarlatano