mountebankeryn.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊntᵻˌbaŋk(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊn(t)əˌbæŋkəri/

Forms: 1600s montebanquery, 1600s mountbankry, 1600s mountebankry, 1600s– mountebankery.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mountebank n., -ery suffix.

Etymology: < mountebank n. + -ery suffix.

Behaviour, practice, or an act characteristic of a mountebank.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun]

falsec1000

fraudc1330

barrat1340

faitery1377

defraudc1450

trumpery1481

covin1487

defraudationc1503

knavery1528

conveyance1531

imposture1537

defrauding1548

cozenage1583

impostry1585

catch-dolt1592

gullery1598

coggery1602

gullage1607

charlatism1611

impostury1615

quacksalvery1617

mountebankery1618

imposition1632

imposturisma1634

blaflum1637

charlatanry1638

defraudment1645

mountebankism1649

impostorya1652

impostorism1652

imposturage1654

impostery1656

mountebank1657

imposing1659

quackery1675

quackism1722

empiricism1774

cross1802

charlatanism1804

practitionery1818

cozenry1829

humbuggery1831

trick1833

thimble-shift1834

thimble-shifting1834

thimbleriggery1841

humbuggism1842

quackhood1843

quacksalverism1864

razzle-dazzle1928

spivery1948

shuck1958

shucking and jiving1969

1618 Sir R. Naunton in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 71 For giving no easier way to theyr mountebanqueries.

1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. xviii. 150 When I have sometime observed a Mountebank..giving excessive Commendations of a trivial Medicine..it hath put me in mind of this Spiritual Mountebankery of the Devil.

1834 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 3 397/2 It was mountebankery applied in a very remarkable way.

1845 Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 42 370 Our author is too acute to believe in any of the mountebankeries..of this ‘forlorn thing’[i.e. mesmerism].

1887 Sat. Rev. 16 July 71/1 The kind of mountebankery which has carried many a man into power in France.

1945 R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 37 Weared of the imbecile mountebankery of his protégé, Alaric stripped Attalus of the diadem.

1994 D. B. Mack in W. Klempa Burning Bush & Few Acres Snow 142 Drummond's attempt to reconcile science and theology by making theology ‘scientific’ was quixotic mountebankery.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mountebankery
释义	mountebankeryn. Brit. /ˈmaʊntᵻˌbaŋk(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈmaʊn(t)əˌbæŋkəri/ Forms: 1600s montebanquery, 1600s mountbankry, 1600s mountebankry, 1600s– mountebankery. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mountebank n., -ery suffix. Etymology: < mountebank n. + -ery suffix. Behaviour, practice, or an act characteristic of a mountebank. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] falsec1000 fraudc1330 barrat1340 faitery1377 defraudc1450 trumpery1481 covin1487 defraudationc1503 knavery1528 conveyance1531 imposture1537 defrauding1548 cozenage1583 impostry1585 catch-dolt1592 gullery1598 coggery1602 gullage1607 charlatism1611 impostury1615 quacksalvery1617 mountebankery1618 imposition1632 imposturisma1634 blaflum1637 charlatanry1638 defraudment1645 mountebankism1649 impostorya1652 impostorism1652 imposturage1654 impostery1656 mountebank1657 imposing1659 quackery1675 quackism1722 empiricism1774 cross1802 charlatanism1804 practitionery1818 cozenry1829 humbuggery1831 trick1833 thimble-shift1834 thimble-shifting1834 thimbleriggery1841 humbuggism1842 quackhood1843 quacksalverism1864 razzle-dazzle1928 spivery1948 shuck1958 shucking and jiving1969 1618 Sir R. Naunton in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 71 For giving no easier way to theyr mountebanqueries. 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. xviii. 150 When I have sometime observed a Mountebank..giving excessive Commendations of a trivial Medicine..it hath put me in mind of this Spiritual Mountebankery of the Devil. 1834 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 3 397/2 It was mountebankery applied in a very remarkable way. 1845 Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 42 370 Our author is too acute to believe in any of the mountebankeries..of this ‘forlorn thing’[i.e. mesmerism]. 1887 Sat. Rev. 16 July 71/1 The kind of mountebankery which has carried many a man into power in France. 1945 R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 37 Weared of the imbecile mountebankery of his protégé, Alaric stripped Attalus of the diadem. 1994 D. B. Mack in W. Klempa Burning Bush & Few Acres Snow 142 Drummond's attempt to reconcile science and theology by making theology ‘scientific’ was quixotic mountebankery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1618
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