quack
a person who pretends to have special knowledge
TRANSLATION
quack = der Quacksalber, der Scharlatan --- GOOGLE INDEX quack: approximately 3,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The flea market includes Tibetan refugees trying to make a living and the odd QUACK who peddles cures for baldness, stammers and insanity.
(The Times Of India)
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The man who became King George VI decided to turn to therapist Lionel Logue - who was regarded as a QUACK because of his lack of medical training...
(The Daily Mail)
(The Times Of India)
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The man who became King George VI decided to turn to therapist Lionel Logue - who was regarded as a QUACK because of his lack of medical training...
(The Daily Mail)
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quack
noun
- a person who dishonestly claims to have special knowledge and skill in some field, typically medicine
(Oxford English Dictionary)
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While experimenting with radioactive substances one day, Wilhelm Roentgen discovered that several photographic plates stored in his laboratory had somehow been exposed. Roentgen correctly surmised that wasted invisible rays were somehow responsible, but was uncertain about what to call them. His solution? He simply dubbed them "X-rays."
Roentgen was often called a quack, until his discovery was confirmed and commercialised. Afterwards he was harshly criticised by people who feared that his mysterious rays would "open the door" for voyeurs. Politicians and enterprising businessmen quickly seized the advantage. A law introduced in New Jersey, for example, forbade the use of "X-ray opera glasses." And in London, merchants began selling X-ray-proof underwear.
Etymology: The word "quack" derives from the archaic word "quacksalver," of Dutch origin (spelled kwakzalver in contemporary Dutch), meaning "a boaster who applies a salve." In the Middle Ages the word quack meant "shouting". The quacksalvers sold their wares on the market shouting in a loud voice.
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SYNONYMS
charlatan, con artist, fraud, imposter, mountebank
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"My elderly mother was fooled by a quack who sold her a large quantity of useless medicine."
quack
noun
- a person who dishonestly claims to have special knowledge and skill in some field, typically medicine
(Oxford English Dictionary)
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While experimenting with radioactive substances one day, Wilhelm Roentgen discovered that several photographic plates stored in his laboratory had somehow been exposed. Roentgen correctly surmised that wasted invisible rays were somehow responsible, but was uncertain about what to call them. His solution? He simply dubbed them "X-rays."
Roentgen was often called a quack, until his discovery was confirmed and commercialised. Afterwards he was harshly criticised by people who feared that his mysterious rays would "open the door" for voyeurs. Politicians and enterprising businessmen quickly seized the advantage. A law introduced in New Jersey, for example, forbade the use of "X-ray opera glasses." And in London, merchants began selling X-ray-proof underwear.
Etymology: The word "quack" derives from the archaic word "quacksalver," of Dutch origin (spelled kwakzalver in contemporary Dutch), meaning "a boaster who applies a salve." In the Middle Ages the word quack meant "shouting". The quacksalvers sold their wares on the market shouting in a loud voice.
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SYNONYMS
charlatan, con artist, fraud, imposter, mountebank
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"My elderly mother was fooled by a quack who sold her a large quantity of useless medicine."
