Sekirov Dictionary

mountebank

/ˈmaʊntəˌbæŋk/

noun 4
verb 2
forms 3

noun4

•
One who sells dubious medicines.
- She is abus'd, stolne from me, and corrupted / By Spels, and Medicines, bought of Mountebanks — 1603
•
One who sells by deception; a con artist.
- Donne was a mountebank who wrapped up his lack of meaning in hard words. — 1928
Any boastful, false pretender.
(no longer used) An acrobat.

verb2

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

forms

mountebanked · mountebanking · mountebanks

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