Quack

Morpheme

Quack

Type

free base

Denotation

medical charlatan, fraudulent healer, incompetent professional

Etymology

1630s clip of quacksalver, from Dutch quacksalver; Middle Dutch quacken + salf, salven

Evidence

quack, quacker, quackery, quackest, quacks, quacky

Homographs

Quack