mendacious

The definition of mendacious describes a dishonest person or thing.

(adjective)

An example of mendacious used as an adjective is a mendacious person, a dishonest person.

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See mendacious in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

not truthful; lying or false

Origin: < L mendax (gen. mendacis) < IE base *mend-, a flaw > L emendare, emend

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See mendacious in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Lying; untruthful: a mendacious child.
  2. False; untrue: a mendacious statement. See Synonyms at dishonest.

Origin:

Origin: From Latin mendācium, lie

Origin: , from mendāx, mendāc-, mendacious

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Related Forms:

  • men·daˈcious·ly adverb

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