ər noun
a person who tells lies.
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| a person who has lied or lies repeatedly | |
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Liar
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Word Origin & History
liar
O.E. leogere; agent noun from Anglian legan, W.Saxon leogan "be untruthful, lie" (see lie (v.1)).
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Example sentences
If a liar tells us that lying is wrong, this makes him a hypocrite, but it does not invalidate his claim.
It is not as if the amazing nonsense of liar loans and qualifying at teaser rates was a secret.
It's not often that a pathological liar gets his own talk show.
Anyone who tells you different is a either a liar or misinformed.
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