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untruth

noun
/ʌnˈtɹuːθ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English untreuth, from Old English untrēowþ and unġetrēowþ, from Proto-West Germanic *untriuwiþu and *ungatriuwiþu, equivalent to un- + truth. Cognate with Old High German ungitriuwida.

  1. inherited from *untriuwiþu✻
  2. inherited from untrēowþ
  3. inherited from untreuth

Definitions

  1. A lie or falsehood.

    • Herald The prince was swept from the sight of the Achaean host—himself, and his ship likewise. ’Tis no untruth I tell.

  2. The condition of being false

    The condition of being false; truthlessness.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for untruth. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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