medicaster

n. 江湖医生, 庸医 [医] 庸医

发音

UK /ˈmɛdɪkastə/
其它
US /ˈmɛdəˌkæstɚ/

词形变化

medicasters 复数 medicasters

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A quack doctor; someone who pretends to have medical knowledge.

    过时 文学

词源

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).

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