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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -charla-, *charla*
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CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
charla

WordNet (3.0)
charlatanism(n) the dishonesty of a charlatan, Syn. quackery

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Charlatan

n. [ F. charlatan, fr. It. ciarlatano, fr. ciarlare to chartter, prate; of imitative origin; cf. It. zirlare to whistle like a thrush. ] One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank. [ 1913 Webster ]

Charlatanical

{ } a. Of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; empirical; pretentious; quackish. -- Char`la*tan"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Variants: Charlatanic
Charlatanism

n. [ Cf. F. charlatanisme. ] Charlatanry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Charlatanry

n. [ F. charlatanrie, from It. ciarlataneria. See Charlatan. ] Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism. [ 1913 Webster ]

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