medicastro

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /me.diˈka.stro/
  • Rhymes: -astro
  • Hyphenation: me‧di‧cà‧stro

Noun

medicastro m (plural medicastri)

  1. medicaster, quack, quack doctor (an incompetent doctor of medicine)
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