Mendacious Definition

mĕn-dāshəs
adjective
Not truthful; lying or false.
Webster's New World
False; untrue.
A mendacious statement.
American Heritage

(of a person) Lying, untruthful or dishonest.

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Origin of Mendacious

  • From Middle French mendacieux, from Latin mendācium (“lie, untruth"), from mendāx (“lying").

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin mendācium lie from mendāx mendāc- mendacious

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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