charlatanry

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charlatanry - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Charlatanry \Char"la*tan*ry\, n. [F. charlatanrie, from It.
     ciarlataneria. See Charlatan.]
     Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism.
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