Definition of QUACKERY

quackery

Meanings

Plural: quackeries

Noun

  • medical practice and advice based on observation and experience in ignorance of scientific findings
  • the dishonesty of a charlatan
  • The practice of fraudulent medicine, usually in order to make money or for ego gratification and power; health fraud.
  • An instance of practicing fraudulent medicine.

Origin / Etymology

From quack + -ery.

Scrabble Score: 26

quackery is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
quackery is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
quackery is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 27

quackery is a valid Words With Friends word