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Mendacious

//mɛnˈdeɪʃəs// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Lying, untruthful or dishonest.

    "He was dismissed as a mendacious witness."

  2. 2
    False or untrue.

    "mendacious propaganda"

Adjective
  1. 1
    given to lying wordnet
  2. 2
    intentionally untrue wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French mendacieux, from Latin mendācium (“lie, untruth”), from mendāx (“lying”).

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