Definition of MEDICASTER

medicaster

Meanings

Plural: medicasters

Noun

  • A quack doctor; someone who pretends to have medical knowledge.

Origin / Etymology

From French médicastre or Italian medicastro, from Late Latin medicaster, from Latin medicus (“a doctor, a physician; a surgeon”) + -aster (suffix forming nouns expressing incomplete resemblance, which are thus usually pejorative).

Synonyms

quack, quacksalver

Scrabble Score: 15

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