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quackery

English

Etymology

quack +? -ery

Noun

quackery (countable and uncountable, plural quackeries)

  1. (law, medicine, uncountable) The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.
  2. (countable) An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.

Quotations

  • 1772: Edmund Burke, ed, The Annual Register
    His intentions were admirable, and his quackery had in view the public good; [...]

Related terms

  • quack

Translations

See also

  • fraud
  • snake oil

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quackish

English

Etymology

quack +? -ish

Adjective

quackish (comparative more quackish, superlative most quackish)

  1. Like a quack (fraudulent doctor), or characteristic of quackery.
    • 1827, Robert Pollok, The Course of Time
      The frothy orator, who busked his tales
      In quackish pomp of noisy words

Derived terms

  • quackishly
  • quackishness

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