medicastro

Italian

Etymology

medic(o) (“medic, doctor”) +‎ -astro (“-aster”, pejorative suffix)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /me.diˈkas.tro/, [med̪iˈkäs̪t̪r̺o̞]
  • Stress: medicàstro
  • Hyphenation: me‧di‧ca‧stro

Noun

medicastro m (plural medicastri)

  1. medicaster, quack (incompetent doctor of medicine)
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