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mendacious

adjective

  1. given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth; lying
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /mɛnˈdeɪʃəs/

adj

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

  1. Lying, untruthful or dishonest.

    He was dismissed as a mendacious witness.

  2. False or untrue.

    mendacious propaganda

    utterly mendacious