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quackish

quackish adjective: like a quack (fraudulent doctor), or characteristic of quackery.

Adjective

quackish (comparative more quackish, superlative most quackish)

  1. Like a quack (fraudulent doctor), or characteristic of quackery.
    • The frothy orator, who busked his tales
      In quackish pomp of noisy words1827, Robert Pollok, The Course of Time

Forms of quackish

comparativemore quackish
superlativemost quackish

Origin of quackish

From quack + -ish.

Words formed from quackish

Questions about quackish

What does quackish mean?
Quackish means like a quack (fraudulent doctor), or characteristic of quackery.
What part of speech is quackish?
Quackish is an adjective.

Words near quackish in the dictionary

  1. quackier
  2. quackiest
  3. quacking
  4. quackingly
  5. quackings
  6. quackish
  7. quackishly
  8. quackishness
  9. quackism
  10. quackisms
  11. quackle

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