Mendacious
/mɛnˈdeɪʃəs/ adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Lying, untruthful or dishonest.
"He was dismissed as a mendacious witness."
- 2 False or untrue.
"mendacious propaganda"
Adjective
- 1 given to lying wordnet
- 2 intentionally untrue wordnet
Example
More examples"My wife is mendacious for dating another man behind my back."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French mendacieux, from Latin mendācium (“lie, untruth”), from mendāx (“lying”).