Definitions
a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
Word origin
From Middle French charlatan, from Old Italian ciarlatano (“quack”), a blend of ciarlatore (“chatterer”) + cerretano (“hawker, quack”, literally “native of Cerreto”) (Cerreto di Spoleto being a village in Umbria, known for its quacks).
Used in a sentence
“The poor foreigner, more dead than alive, answered that he was an Italian charlatan, who had practised with some reputation in Padua […].”
“That this disgraceful charlatan holds one of the great offices of state in this country should be a source of constant shame and embarrassment to the Prime Minister.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Fraudulent quack”9 letters
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