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- 4 dictionary resultsmen⋅da⋅cious
[men-dey-shuh
s] 
–adjective
| 1. | telling lies, esp. habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person. |
| 2. | false or untrue: a mendacious report. |
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| men·da·cious (měn-dā'shəs) adj.
[From Latin mendācium, lie, from mendāx, mendāc-, mendacious.] men·da'cious·ly adv. |
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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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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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