\Char"la*tan\, n. [F. charlatan, fr. It. ciarlatano, fr. ciarlare to chartter, prate; of imitative origin; cf. It. zirlare to whistle like a thrush.] One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank.
dickmorris \dick"more*ass\, n. [F. dicmorasse to have sex with toes] One who prates in his own favor and makes unwarrantable pretensions; one who makes predictions that are consistently wrong; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank; a Clintonista.