- mendacity
- mendacity (n.) "tendency to lie," 1640s, from M.Fr. mendacité and directly from L.L. mendacitas "falsehood, mendacity," from L. mendax "lying; a liar" (see MENDACIOUS (Cf. mendacious)).
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mendacity — mendacity, mendicity Mendacity (from Latin mendax ‘lying’) means ‘habitual lying or deceiving’, whereas mendicity (from Latin mendicare ‘to beg’) means ‘the practice or habit of begging’. The words are ultimately related in having a common… … Modern English usage
Mendacity — Men*dac i*ty, n.; pl. {Mendacities}. [L. mendacitas.] 1. The quality or state of being mendacious; a habit of lying. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. A falsehood; a lie. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] Syn: Lying; deceit; untruth; falsehood. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mendacity — index artifice, bad faith, deceit, deception, dishonesty, false pretense, falsification, fraud, improbity … Law dictionary
mendacity — [men das′ə tē] n. pl. mendacities [LL mendacitas < L mendax] 1. the quality or state of being mendacious 2. a lie; falsehood … English World dictionary
mendacity — [[t]mendæ̱sɪti[/t]] N UNCOUNT Mendacity is lying, rather than telling the truth. [FORMAL] For a government minister it was an astonishing display of cowardice and mendacity … English dictionary
mendacity — mendacious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ untruthful. DERIVATIVES mendaciously adverb mendacity noun. ORIGIN Latin mendax lying … English terms dictionary
mendacity — noun (plural ties) Date: 1646 1. the quality or state of being mendacious 2. lie … New Collegiate Dictionary
mendacity — /men das i tee/, n., pl. mendacities for 2. 1. the quality of being mendacious; untruthfulness; tendency to lie. 2. an instance of lying; falsehood. [1640 50; < LL mendacitas falsehood, equiv. to L mendaci (s. of mendax) given to lying, false +… … Universalium
mendacity — noun /mɛnˈdasəti/ a) The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty. b) A lie, deceit or falsehood. See Also: mendacious, mendaciously, mendaciousness … Wiktionary
mendacity — Synonyms and related words: blague, boggling, caviling, cock and bull story, credibility gap, dishonesty, dodging, equivocation, exaggeration, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, farfetched story, farrago, fib, fibbery, fibbing, fiction, fish story,… … Moby Thesaurus
