mendacious
adjective/menˈdeɪʃəs/
/menˈdeɪʃəs/
(formal)- not telling the truth synonym lying
- mendacious press statements
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin mendax, mendac- ‘lying’ (related to mendum ‘fault’) + -ious.Definitions on the go
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