What is etym: [Cf. Quacksalver.] A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner called?
quack — Etym: [Cf. Quacksalver.] A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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