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mendacious

adj
/mɛnˈdeɪʃəs/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French mendacieux, from Latin mendācium (“lie, untruth”), from mendāx (“lying”), + -ious.

  1. derived from mendācium
  2. borrowed from mendacieux

Definitions

  1. Lying, untruthful or dishonest.

    • He was dismissed as a mendacious witness.

  2. False or untrue.

    • mendacious propaganda
    • utterly mendacious
    • The report was filled with mendacious claims.

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Derived

mendaciously, mendaciousness, unmendacious

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA