mendacious
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle French mendacieux, from Latin mendācium (“lie, untruth”), from mendāx (“lying”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃəs
[edit] Adjective
mendacious (comparative more mendacious, superlative most mendacious)
- (of a person) lying, untruthful or dishonest
- (of a statement etc) false or untrue
[edit] Translations
lying, untruthful or dishonest