English Explanatory Dictionary

mendacious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Lying, untruthful or dishonest.
  2. False or untrue.

Pronunciation

/mɛnˈdeɪʃəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-mendacious.wav

Word forms

mendacious more mendacious most mendacious

Etymology

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

Synonyms

bastard counterfactual erroneous fallacious false fictitious inaccurate incorrect invented made up nonfactual nontrue nontruthful pseudo- spurious untrue untruthful unveracious unveridical wrong

Related words

mendacity

Derived words

mendaciously mendaciousness unmendacious
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