# medicaster

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmɛdɪkastə/

## Definitions
1. A quack doctor; someone who pretends to have medical knowledge.

## Etymology
From French médicastre or Italian medicastro, from Late Latin medicaster, from Latin medicus (“a doctor, a physician; a surgeon”) + -aster (suffix forming nouns expressing incomplete resemblance, which are thus usually pejorative).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/medicaster