quacksalver
quack·sal·ver
quacksalver · quacksalvers
One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses…One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack.
UK/ˈkwæksælvə/US/ˈkwæksælvɚ/
Meaning
1 senses(archaic)One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack.
Quacksalber
шарлата́нšarlatán
Translations
7 languagesРусский
one falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills:
Deutsch
one falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills:
Origin
From Dutch quacksalver (“a hawker of salve”) (now spelt kwakzalver), derived from Middle DFrom Dutch quacksalver (“a hawker of salve”) (now spelt kwakzalver), derived from Middle Dutch quacsalven (noun or verb), from kwaken (“to boast, to brag; to croak”) + salve (“ointment, salve”) (modern Dutch zalf) + -er (agent noun suffix).
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