Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Quackery

Quack′er-y

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Quackeries
.
The acts, arts, or boastful pretensions of a quack; false pretensions to any art; empiricism.
Carlyle.

Webster 1828 Edition


Quackery

QUACK'ERY

,
Noun.
The boastful pretensions or mean practice of an ignoramus, particularly in medicine; empiricism.

Definition 2024


quackery

quackery

English

Noun

quackery (countable and uncountable, plural quackeries)

  1. (law, medicine, uncountable) The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.
  2. (countable) An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.

Quotations

  • 1772: Edmund Burke, ed, The Annual Register
    His intentions were admirable, and his quackery had in view the public good; [...]

Related terms

Translations

See also