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quackish, a.|ˈkwækɪʃ| [f. quack n.1 + -ish.] Of the nature of a quack or quackery.
1732Hist. Litteraria III. 558 To complete his quackish Farce [he] spread printed Bills all over Paris. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. 198 All the arts of quackish parade. 1800Monthly Mag. XIII. 131 Regular, not quackish innovating practitioners. 1865Sat. Rev. Nov. 570 Another..confounds preaching the Gospel with a quackish interpretation of prophecies. Hence ˈquackishly adv.
1816J. Gilchrist Philos. Etym. 119 Do not let them..quackishly boast of new light and great discovery. |