Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quackery

/ˈkwækəɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables: quack-ery
IPA: /ˈkwækəɹi/

26

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.

Uncountable

noun

An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.

Countable

Example Sentences

"When no certain cure exists, quack remedies tend to proliferate and the history of quackery and secret cures is full of extraordinary forms of treatment for the various arthritic disorders."
"[…] the manifold and serpentine wiles and evasions, shufflings and fencings, deceits and dissimulations, he had practised —the bunkums and the quackeries, […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle Dutch quacsalven Dutch quacksalverbor. English quacksalverclip. English quack Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English quackery From quack + -ery.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkwækəɹi/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

quackeries (plural)

Derived Forms

antiquackery

Phrases

snake oil

Frequently Paired Words

quack fraud snake oil alternative medicine complementary medicine integrative medicine functional medicine folk medicine

Synonyms

empiricism charlatanism

Rhymes With

zachary thackeray daiquiri zachery zackery

Questions

How do you pronounce quackery?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkwækəɹi/.
What does quackery mean?: The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.
Where does quackery come from?: Etymology tree Middle Dutch quacsalven Dutch quacksalverbor. English quacksalverclip. English quack Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English quackery From quack + -ery.

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