mountebank

moun·te·bank

M0449700 (moun′tə-băngk′)n.1. A hawker of quack medicines who attracts customers with stories, jokes, or tricks.2. A flamboyant charlatan.

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[Italian montambanco, from the phrase monta im banco, one gets up onto the bench : monta, one gets up, third person sing. present tense of montare, to get up (from Vulgar Latin *montāre; see mount¹) + in, on, onto (from Latin; see in-²) + banco, bench (variant of banca, from Old Italian, bench, table, from Old High German bank).]

mountebank

(ˈmaʊntɪˌbæŋk) n1. (Historical Terms) (formerly) a person who sold quack medicines in public places2. (Medicine) (formerly) a person who sold quack medicines in public places3. a charlatan; fakevb (intr) to play the mountebank[C16: from Italian montambanco a climber on a bench, from montare to mount² + banco bench (see also bank¹)] ˌmounteˈbankery n

moun•te•bank

(ˈmaʊn təˌbæŋk)

n. 1. one who sells quack medicines, appealing to an audience by tricks, storytelling, etc. 2. a charlatan. v.i. 3. to play the mountebank. [1570–80; < Italian montimbanco one who climbs on a bench]

mountebank

Past participle: mountebanked
Gerund: mountebanking

Imperative
mountebank
mountebank

Present
I mountebank
you mountebank
he/she/it mountebanks
we mountebank
you mountebank
they mountebank

Preterite
I mountebanked
you mountebanked
he/she/it mountebanked
we mountebanked
you mountebanked
they mountebanked

Present Continuous
I am mountebanking
you are mountebanking
he/she/it is mountebanking
we are mountebanking
you are mountebanking
they are mountebanking

Present Perfect
I have mountebanked
you have mountebanked
he/she/it has mountebanked
we have mountebanked
you have mountebanked
they have mountebanked

Past Continuous
I was mountebanking
you were mountebanking
he/she/it was mountebanking
we were mountebanking
you were mountebanking
they were mountebanking

Past Perfect
I had mountebanked
you had mountebanked
he/she/it had mountebanked
we had mountebanked
you had mountebanked
they had mountebanked

Future
I will mountebank
you will mountebank
he/she/it will mountebank
we will mountebank
you will mountebank
they will mountebank

Future Perfect
I will have mountebanked
you will have mountebanked
he/she/it will have mountebanked
we will have mountebanked
you will have mountebanked
they will have mountebanked

Future Continuous
I will be mountebanking
you will be mountebanking
he/she/it will be mountebanking
we will be mountebanking
you will be mountebanking
they will be mountebanking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been mountebanking
you have been mountebanking
he/she/it has been mountebanking
we have been mountebanking
you have been mountebanking
they have been mountebanking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been mountebanking
you will have been mountebanking
he/she/it will have been mountebanking
we will have been mountebanking
you will have been mountebanking
they will have been mountebanking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been mountebanking
you had been mountebanking
he/she/it had been mountebanking
we had been mountebanking
you had been mountebanking
they had been mountebanking

Conditional
I would mountebank
you would mountebank
he/she/it would mountebank
we would mountebank
you would mountebank
they would mountebank

Past Conditional
I would have mountebanked
you would have mountebanked
he/she/it would have mountebanked
we would have mountebanked
you would have mountebanked
they would have mountebanked

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mountebank - a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokescharlatanbeguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not truecraniologist, phrenologist - someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skullquack - an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice

mountebank

nounOne who fakes:charlatan, fake, faker, fraud, humbug, impostor, phony, pretender, quack.

Translations

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