Definitions For Saltimbanco

Noun

SALTIMBANCO (plural SALTIMBANCOs) A quack doctor, a fraud. : Synonym: mountebank, quack

Related terms

mountebank

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, it, saltimbanco}}. Used thus in English because of the association with street performers, seen by the settled population in English-speaking culture as not to be trusted. A more usual and more accurate English word, derived from similar sources, is mountebank.

Is Saltimbanco a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
22

The word Saltimbanco is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends

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