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charlatan

[ shahr-luh-tn ]

noun

  1. a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than they possess; fraud; quack.

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charlatan

/ 藞蕛蓱藧濒蓹迟蓹苍 /

noun

  1. someone who professes knowledge or expertise, esp in medicine, that he or she does not have; quack
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞肠丑补谤濒补迟补苍藢颈蝉尘, noun
  • 藢肠丑补谤濒补迟补苍藞颈蝉迟颈肠, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠丑补谤路濒补路迟补苍路颈肠 [shahr-l, uh, -, tan, -ik], 肠丑补谤路濒补路迟补苍路颈路肠补濒 肠丑补谤路濒补路迟补苍路颈蝉丑 肠丑补谤路濒补路迟补苍路颈蝉路迟颈肠 adjective
  • 肠丑补谤路濒补路迟补苍路颈路肠补濒路ly adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of charlatan1

First recorded in 1595鈥1605; from Middle French, from Italian ciarlatano, equivalent to ciarla(tore) 鈥渃hatterer鈥 (derivative of ciarlare 鈥渢o chatter鈥; from imitative root) + (cerre)tano 鈥渉awker, quack,鈥 literally, 鈥渘ative of Cerreto, 鈥 a village in Umbria, known for its quacks
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of charlatan1

C17: from French, from Italian ciarlatano, from ciarlare to chatter
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But putting a charlatan like Kennedy in charge of the nation鈥檚 health is like hiring an arsonist as your fire chief.

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That contemporary art might be a dubious realm populated by frauds and charlatans seems quaint today, but once upon a time it was a standard assumption.

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Some charlatans are involved in unscrupulous traditional so-called cures, and have been known to sell good luck charms that involve body parts.

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And at the same time, there was no shortage of ideologues and charlatans who took advantage of this fact to stomp out that most American trait of dissent.

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TikTok, for instance, is awash in medical disinformation, people claiming to be haunted by demons, and charlatans offering psychic readings through the computer.

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