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mendacious |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mendacious \Men*da"cious\, a. [L. mendax -acis, lying, cf mentiri to lie.] 1. Given to deception or falsehood; lying; as a mendacious person. 2. False; counterfeit; containing falsehood; as a mendacious statement. -- {Men*da"cious*ly}, adv -- {Men*da"cious*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mendacious adj 1: given to lying; "a lying witness"; "a mendacious child" [syn: {lying(a)}] 2: intentionally untrue; "a mendacious statement" From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: MENDACIOUS, adj Addicted to rhetoric.
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