nostrum-mongern.
/ˈnɒstrəmˌmʌŋɡə/, U.S. /ˈnɑstrə(m)ˌməŋɡər/ A dealer in or supplier of nostrums (literal and figurative).
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the world > health and disease > healing > pharmacy > apothecary or pharmacist > [noun] > dealer in nostrums
nostrum-monger1706
1706 E. Baynard Hot & Cold Baths in J. Floyer Hist. Cold Bathing (ed. 2) ii. 17 Your Nostrum-monger Dr. Stew-Toad.
1775 R. B. Sheridan St. Patrick's Day ii. iv Will you submit to be cured by a quack nostrum-monger?
1802 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1803) 6 254 A bottle of his nostrum, in compliment to the greatest nostrum-monger of the age [sc. Pitt].
1853 E. Fitzball Miller of Derwent Water ii. iii. 21 Why, sir, though he's all sanctity to you, this very day he called me a nostrum-monger, sir—a nostrum-monger!
1886 H. James Bostonians I. x. 109 Selah Tarrant..found herself completely enrolled in the great irregular army of nostrum-mongers, domiciled in humanitary Bohemia.
1908 Science 17 Apr. 606/2 The student thus trained will be less likely to fall a prey to the proprietary medicine manufacturer and the nostrum monger.
1990 Raritan Winter 123 He appeared to have broken out of the traces between 1912 and 1916, consorting with ideologues and nostrum-mongers and sounding very radical indeed.
Derivatives
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the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > remedy > a remedy > dealing in
nostrum-mongership1748
nostrum-mongery1812
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxiv. 145 Should I be out-witted, with all my sententious, boasting conceit of my own nostrum-mongership.., I should certainly hang, drown, or shoot myself.
ˈnostrum-mongery n. rare
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the world > action or operation > amending > [noun] > remedy > a remedy > dealing in
nostrum-mongership1748
nostrum-mongery1812
1812 Examiner 30 Nov. 764/1 That pernicious system of nostrum-mongery which is so prevalent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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