a. [f. CHARLATAN sb. + -IC; cf. puritanic, satanic, etc.] Of or belonging to a charlatan or quack.
1800. Caledoniann Mercury, 20 Jan., 2/3. We must, indeed, frequently expose ourselves to the clamours of the self-conceited, and to the intrigues of charlatanic imposters.
1843. Blackw. Mag., LIV. 244. Think not that charlatanic genius rests content with triumphs even so transcendent as these.
1854. Lady Lytton, Behind Scenes, I. I. iv. 129. The charlatanic shade of that great petty larcener of sentiment, Lawrence Sterne.
1872. Daily News, 25 July, 5/5. Seeking to make themselves a charlatanic fame out of their prosecutions.
