quackish
21quack — quack1 noun the characteristic harsh sound made by a duck. verb make this sound. Origin C16: imitative. quack2 noun 1》 an unqualified person who dishonestly claims to have medical knowledge. 2》 Brit. informal a doctor. Derivatives quackery noun… …
22charlatanic — a. Empirical, quackish …
23empiric — I. n. Quack, charlatan, pretender, mountebank, impostor, cheat, mere experimenter (without scientific training). II. a.; (also empirical) 1. Experimental, experiential, from experience (as distinguished from inference or reasoning), based on… …
24dishonest — adj 1. untruthful, false, mendacious, lying, speaking with forked tongue; deceitful, two faced, hypocritical, insincere, disingenuous; crooked, cheating, underhanded, shady; rascally, roguish, knavish, thievish, Fagin like. 2. fraudulent, phony,… …
25untrue — adj 1. faithless, unfaithful, disloyal, unloyal, false; treasonous, traitorous, treacherous, perfidious; two faced, Janus faced, hypocritical, double tongued, deceitful, untrustworthy, dishonorable, false hearted; double dealing, recreant,… …
26ὀχλαγωγικήν — ὀχλαγωγικός quackish fem acc sg (attic epic ionic) …
27quack — 1. v. & n. n. the harsh sound made by ducks. v.intr. 1 utter this sound. 2 colloq. talk loudly and foolishly. Etymology: imit.: cf. Du. kwakken, G quacken croak, quack 2. n. 1 a an unqualified practiser of medicine. b (attrib.) of or… …
28quacksalving — adjective Etymology: from quacksalver, after such pairs as English goer : going : relating to, characteristic of, or like a quack : quackish …
29quacky — ˈkwakē adjective ( er/ est) Etymology: quack (III) + y : quackish …
30quackishly — adverb see quackish …