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