mountebank

Meanings

Noun

Verb

  • To act as a mountebank.
  • To cheat by boasting and false pretenses.

Origin

  • From archaic Italian montambanco ("quack who mounts a bench to hawk his wares"), contracted from monta-in-banco.

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