Mendacious definition
A mendacious statement.
A mendacious child.
An example of mendacious used as an adjective is a mendacious person, a dishonest person.
Origin of mendacious
- From Latin mendācium lie from mendāx mendāc- mendacious
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle French mendacieux, from Latin mendācium (“lie, untruth"), from mendāx (“lying").
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