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Webster 1913 Edition

Charlatanry

Char′la-tan-ry

,

Noun.

[F.

charlatanrie

, from It.

ciarlataneria

. See

.]

Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism.

☞ The name is sometimes also applied to the Constellation.

Webster 1828 Edition

Charlatanry

CHARLATANRY

,

Noun.

Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; deception by fair words.