medicaster

== English == === 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). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɛdɪkastə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɛdəˌkæstɚ/ Hyphenation: me‧dic‧as‧ter Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ) === Noun === medicaster (plural medicasters) (dated, now chiefly literary) A quack doctor; someone who pretends to have medical knowledge. ==== Synonyms ==== quack quacksalver (archaic) ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === decimaters, miscreated, misreacted