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saltimbanco

/sæltɪmˈbæŋkəʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
saltim-ban-co
IPA
/sæltɪmˈbæŋkəʊ/
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A quack doctor, a fraud.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian saltimbanco. Used thus in English because of the association with street performers, seen by the settled population in English-speaking culture as not to be trusted. A more usual and more accurate English word, derived from similar sources, is mountebank.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

saltimbancos (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

mountebank

Synonyms

mountebank quack

Questions

How do you pronounce saltimbanco?
The recorded pronunciation is /sæltɪmˈbæŋkəʊ/.
What does saltimbanco mean?
A quack doctor, a fraud.
Where does saltimbanco come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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