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mendacious

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men⋅da⋅cious

  [men-dey-shuhs]
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–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

Related forms:
men⋅da⋅cious⋅ly, adverb
men⋅da⋅cious⋅ness, noun

Antonyms:
1, 2. veracious.
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men·da·cious   (měn-dā'shəs)   
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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