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mendacious

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men⋅da⋅cious

[men-dey-shuhs]
–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.
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.

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.

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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