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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mountebankish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
moun-te-bank-ish
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.

Etymology

From mountebank + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more mountebankish (comparative) most mountebankish (superlative)

Questions

What does mountebankish mean?
Like a mountebank; using or suggesting quackery.
Where does mountebankish come from?
From mountebank + -ish.

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