Mendacious

Men-da′cious

,

Adj.

[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

,

Noun.

Mendacious

MENDA'CIOUS

,

Adj.

[L. mendax.] Lying; false. [Little used.]

mendacious

English

Adjective

mendacious ‎(comparative more mendacious, superlative most mendacious)

(of a person) Lying, untruthful or dishonest.
(of a statement, etc) False or untrue.

Translations

lying, untruthful or dishonest

Armenian: ստախոս (hy) ‎(staxos), սուտասան (hy) ‎(sutasan)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 說謊的 (zh), 说谎的 (zh) ‎(shuōhuǎng de)
Czech: prolhaný
Dutch: leugenachtig (nl), oneerlijk (nl)
Finnish: valheellinen (fi)
French: fallacieux (fr), mensonger (fr)
Georgian: ცრუ ‎(cru)
German: lügnerisch (de), verlogen (de)
Greek: ψευδολόγος (el) ‎(psevdológos), αναληθής (el) ‎(analithís)

Hebrew: שקרן, לא ישר
Hungarian: hazug (hu), hazudozó
Italian: mendace (it)
Japanese: 虚偽の (ja) ‎(きょぎの, kyogi no), 不正直 ‎(ふしょうじき, fushōjiki)
Portuguese: mentiroso (pt)
Romanian: mincinos (ro)
Russian: лжи́вый (ru) ‎(lžívyj)
Spanish: mentiroso (es), embustero (es) m
Swedish: lögnaktig (sv), förljugen (sv)
Ukrainian: брехли́вий (uk) ‎(brexlývyj)

false — see false

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