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Mendacious

Mendacious Meaning & Definition
Mendacious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mendacious?

[adj] given to lying; "a lying witness"; "a mendacious child"
[adj] intentionally untrue; "a mendacious statement"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mendacious: false | lying(a) | untruthful

Related Terms | Find terms related to Mendacious: deceitful | dishonest | equivocal | equivocating | erroneous | fallacious | false | fibbing | forsworn | knavish | lying | paltering | perjured | prevaricating | roguish | shifty | spurious | truthless | untruthful | unveracious | wrong

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Mendacious In Webster's Dictionary

\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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