About The Word Mendacious
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Mendacious
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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 See Also | 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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