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men·da·cious    Audio Help   [men-dey-shuhs] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.telling lies, esp. habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
2.false or untrue: a mendacious report.

[Origin: 1610–20; < L mendāci- (see mendacity) + -ous]

men·da·cious·ly, adverb
men·da·cious·ness, noun

1, 2. veracious.
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men·da·cious    Audio Help   (měn-dā'shəs)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Lying; untruthful: a mendacious child.
  2. False; untrue: a mendacious statement. See Synonyms at dishonest.


[From Latin mendācium, lie, from mendāx, mendāc-, mendacious.]

men·da'cious·ly adv.
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mendacious 
1616, from M.Fr. mendacieux, from L. mendacium "a lie," from mendax (gen. mendacis) "lying, deceitful," related to menda "fault, defect, carelessness in writing" (cf. amend, mendicant), from PIE base *mend- "physical defect, fault." The sense evolution of mendax influenced by mentiri "to speak falsely, lie, deceive." Mendacity is attested from 1646.

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mendacious

adjective
1. given to lying; "a mendacious child" 
2. intentionally untrue; "a mendacious statement" 

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Mendacious

Men*da"cious\, a. [L. mendax, -acis, lying, cf. mentiri to lie.]

1. Given to deception or falsehood; lying; as, a mendacious person.

2. False; counterfeit; containing falsehood; as, a mendacious statement. -- Men*da"cious*ly, adv. -- Men*da"cious*ness, n.
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