mendacious

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French mendacieux, from Latin mendācium, from mendāx ("lying").

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɛnˈdeɪʃəs/

Adjective

mendacious

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

   Synonyms: Thesaurus:untrue

Translations

• French: fallacieux, mensonger, trompeur
• German: lügnerisch, verlogen, unwahr
• Italian: mendace, menzognero, bugiardo
• Portuguese: mentiroso, mendaz
• Russian: лжи́вый
• Spanish: mentiroso, embustero, mendaz

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