medicastern.

Brit.

/ˈmɛdᵻkastə/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdəˌkæstər/

Forms: 1600s– medicaster, 1700s medicastor.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin medicaster.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin medicaster (c1525) < classical Latin medicus medic n.¹ + -aster -aster suffix. Compare Italian medicastro (1534), French médicastre (1800; compare Middle French medicastrie charlatanism (1560)), German Medikaster (1675 or earlier).

Now literary.

A person who pretends to medical skill; a quack, a charlatan.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > ignorant or untrained > charlatan

quacksalver1579

medicastra1602

water-caster1603

quack1638

medicaster1639

amethodist1654

charlatana1680

quackster1709

crocus1785

Sangrado1812

sangrador1832

1639 J. Woodall Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 244 Andreas Libavius, doth report of a certaine Medicaster of his time [etc.].

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 107 Many Medicasters, pretenders to Physick, buy the degree of Doctor abroad.

1706 E. Baynard in J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσια Revived (rev. ed.) ii. 209 I could say much more..to the Shame..of this sorry Medicaster.

1731 R. Gwinnett & E. Thomas Pylades & Corinna 78 Come, come, said the Sage Medicaster.

1838 A. Leighton in Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders IV. 3/1 Doctors are quacks and medicasters to us.

1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. 337 A queen may be leman to a medicaster.

1989 R. M. Wilson Ripley Bogle 1 Young Dr Poole, fledgling medicaster, vents an eyeless smile of considerable width.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	medicaster
释义	medicastern. Brit. /ˈmɛdᵻkastə/, U.S. /ˈmɛdəˌkæstər/ Forms: 1600s– medicaster, 1700s medicastor. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin medicaster. Etymology: < post-classical Latin medicaster (c1525) < classical Latin medicus medic n.¹ + -aster -aster suffix. Compare Italian medicastro (1534), French médicastre (1800; compare Middle French medicastrie charlatanism (1560)), German Medikaster (1675 or earlier). Now literary. A person who pretends to medical skill; a quack, a charlatan. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > ignorant or untrained > charlatan quacksalver1579 medicastra1602 water-caster1603 quack1638 medicaster1639 amethodist1654 charlatana1680 quackster1709 crocus1785 Sangrado1812 sangrador1832 1639 J. Woodall Surgeons Mate (rev. ed.) 244 Andreas Libavius, doth report of a certaine Medicaster of his time [etc.]. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 107 Many Medicasters, pretenders to Physick, buy the degree of Doctor abroad. 1706 E. Baynard in J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσια Revived (rev. ed.) ii. 209 I could say much more..to the Shame..of this sorry Medicaster. 1731 R. Gwinnett & E. Thomas Pylades & Corinna 78 Come, come, said the Sage Medicaster. 1838 A. Leighton in Wilson's Hist. Tales Borders IV. 3/1 Doctors are quacks and medicasters to us. 1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. 337 A queen may be leman to a medicaster. 1989 R. M. Wilson Ripley Bogle 1 Young Dr Poole, fledgling medicaster, vents an eyeless smile of considerable width. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1639
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