mountebankingn.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊntᵻˌbaŋkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊn(t)əˌbæŋkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mountebank n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < mountebank n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier mountebank v.

Behaviour, practice, or an act characteristic of a mountebank.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > action

bulling1532

cogging1570

cozening1576

coney-catching1591

fool-taking1592

gulling1600

bat-fowling1602

sharking1602

imposturing1618

mountebanking1672

shamming1677

sharping1692

fineering1765

overreachinga1774

pigeoning1808

flat-catching1821

thimble-shifting1834

thimblerigging1839

strawing1851

thimbling1857

fiddling1884

piking1884

ramping1891

1672 J. Lacy Dumb Lady ii. i. 19 A pox of your Mountebanking, Sir.

1860 W. M. Thackeray De Juventute in Roundabout Papers 77 Do not suppose I am going..to indulge in moralities about buffoons..and mountebanking.

1903 G. B. Shaw Let. 7 Oct. (1972) II. 375 My indignation..is..mere mountebanking!

1985 Manch. Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 22 Sept. 19 It is as much a satire on mountebanking as on greed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mountebankingadj.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊntᵻˌbaŋkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊn(t)əˌbæŋkɪŋ/

Forms: see mountebank n. and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mountebank n., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < mountebank n. + -ing suffix². Compare later mountebank v.

Resembling a mountebank, that acts as a mountebank; that engages in trickery or persuasion characteristic of a mountebank.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [adjective] > swindling

coney-catching1594

mountebanking1602

skeldering1602

sharping1691

victimizing1834

piking1893

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida Induct. sig. A3^v I play Balurdo, a wealthie mountbanking Burgomasco's heire of Venice.

1705 Dyet of Poland 17 The Quacking, Mountebanking Tool of State.

1892 W. S. Gilbert Mountebanks ii. 37 That mountebanking fellow is at the bottom of this.

1996 Sunday Times 16 June (Books section) 10/1 Arieka,..chosen by the moral but mountebanking high priest Ionides as a ‘Pythia’, the mouthpiece for Apollo's answers at Delphi's omniscient Oracle.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mountebanking
释义	mountebankingn. Brit. /ˈmaʊntᵻˌbaŋkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmaʊn(t)əˌbæŋkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mountebank n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < mountebank n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier mountebank v. Behaviour, practice, or an act characteristic of a mountebank. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > action bulling1532 cogging1570 cozening1576 coney-catching1591 fool-taking1592 gulling1600 bat-fowling1602 sharking1602 imposturing1618 mountebanking1672 shamming1677 sharping1692 fineering1765 overreachinga1774 pigeoning1808 flat-catching1821 thimble-shifting1834 thimblerigging1839 strawing1851 thimbling1857 fiddling1884 piking1884 ramping1891 1672 J. Lacy Dumb Lady ii. i. 19 A pox of your Mountebanking, Sir. 1860 W. M. Thackeray De Juventute in Roundabout Papers 77 Do not suppose I am going..to indulge in moralities about buffoons..and mountebanking. 1903 G. B. Shaw Let. 7 Oct. (1972) II. 375 My indignation..is..mere mountebanking! 1985 Manch. Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 22 Sept. 19 It is as much a satire on mountebanking as on greed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mountebankingadj. Brit. /ˈmaʊntᵻˌbaŋkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmaʊn(t)əˌbæŋkɪŋ/ Forms: see mountebank n. and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mountebank n., -ing suffix². Etymology: < mountebank n. + -ing suffix². Compare later mountebank v. Resembling a mountebank, that acts as a mountebank; that engages in trickery or persuasion characteristic of a mountebank. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > a charlatan, fraudster > [adjective] > swindling coney-catching1594 mountebanking1602 skeldering1602 sharping1691 victimizing1834 piking1893 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida Induct. sig. A3^v I play Balurdo, a wealthie mountbanking Burgomasco's heire of Venice. 1705 Dyet of Poland 17 The Quacking, Mountebanking Tool of State. 1892 W. S. Gilbert Mountebanks ii. 37 That mountebanking fellow is at the bottom of this. 1996 Sunday Times 16 June (Books section) 10/1 Arieka,..chosen by the moral but mountebanking high priest Ionides as a ‘Pythia’, the mouthpiece for Apollo's answers at Delphi's omniscient Oracle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1672adj.1602
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