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quackism

noun

Etymology

From quack + -ism.

  1. derived from *kwakaną✻
  2. derived from *kwakōn✻
  3. derived from *kwaken✻ — “to croak, quack”
  4. derived from quacken — “to croak, quack”
  5. inherited from *quacken✻
  6. suffixed as quackism — “quack + ism”

Definitions

  1. Behaviour of a quack

    Behaviour of a quack; quackery.

    • […] who have let down the administration by their quackism and queer performances […]

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA