mendacious
adj/mɛnˈdeɪʃəs/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French mendacieux, from Latin mendācium (“lie, untruth”), from mendāx (“lying”), + -ious.
1
Of a person Lying, untruthful or dishonest.
- He was dismissed as a mendacious witness.
2
Of a statement False or untrue.
- mendacious propaganda
- utterly mendacious
1 more example
- The report was filled with mendacious claims.
- Derived terms
- mendaciously, mendaciousness, unmendacious
- Related terms
- mendacity