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mendacious

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
19
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/mɛnˈdeɪʃəs/

Definition of mendacious

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Lying, untruthful or dishonest.
    “He was dismissed as a mendacious witness.”
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adj

  1. Lying, untruthful or dishonest.
    “He was dismissed as a mendacious witness.”
  2. False or untrue.
    “mendacious propaganda”
    “utterly mendacious”
    “The report was filled with mendacious claims.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French mendacieux, from Latin mendācium (“lie, untruth”), from mendāx (“lying”), + -ious.

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