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mountebankish

mountebankish adjective: like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.

Adjective

mountebankish (comparative more mountebankish, superlative most mountebankish)

  1. Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.

Forms of mountebankish

comparativemore mountebankish
superlativemost mountebankish

Origin of mountebankish

From mountebank + -ish.

Questions about mountebankish

What does mountebankish mean?
Mountebankish means like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
What part of speech is mountebankish?
Mountebankish is an adjective.

Words near mountebankish in the dictionary

  1. mountebank
  2. mountebanked
  3. mountebankeries
  4. mountebankery
  5. mountebanking
  6. mountebankish
  7. mountebankism
  8. mountebankisms
  9. mountebanks
  10. mounted
  11. mounted a horse foaled by an acorn

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