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quacksalver

[ kwak-sal-ver ]

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noun

quacksalver

/ ˈkwækˌsælvə /

1570–80; < early Dutch (now kwakzalver ); quack ¹, salve ¹, -er ¹

C16: from Dutch, from quack, apparently: to hawk + salf salve ¹

Francis Quicksilver, would God thou hadst turned quacksalver, rather than run into these dissolute and lewd courses!

I have done ill to unbosom myself so far to this poisonous quacksalver.

Am I not yclept quacksalver by those that come not near me, and wizard by those I heal?

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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