Unscramble

c 3 h 4 a 1 r 1 l 1 a 1 t 1 a 1 n 1

9 letters · 14 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes

originFrom Middle French charlatan, from Old Italian ciarlatano (“quack”), a blend of ciarlatore (“chatterer”) + cerretano (“hawker, quack”, literally “native of Cerreto”) (Cerreto di Spoleto being a village in Umbria, known for its quacks).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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