"medicastro" meaning in Italian

See medicastro in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /me.diˈka.stro/ Forms: medicastri [plural]
Rhymes: -astro Etymology: From medic(o) (“medic, doctor”) + -astro (“-aster”, pejorative suffix). Etymology templates: {{root|it|ine-pro|*med-}}, {{suffix|it|medico|astro|alt1=medic(o)|pos2=pejorative suffix|t1=medic, doctor|t2=-aster}} medic(o) (“medic, doctor”) + -astro (“-aster”, pejorative suffix) Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} medicastro m (plural medicastri)
  1. medicaster, quack, quack doctor (an incompetent doctor of medicine) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-medicastro-it-noun-KcoCZDpy Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian terms suffixed with -astro

Inflected forms

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