mountebankism
English
Etymology
From mountebank + -ism.
Noun
mountebankism (countable and uncountable, plural mountebankisms)
- (archaic) The practices of a mountebank; mountebankery.
References
- “mountebankism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.