Mendacious (adjective)

Given to or characterized by deception or falsehood; habitually lying; intentionally untruthful.

Origin:

From latin mendacius, from mendacium, meaning lie.

Examples:

  1. The mendacious salesman promised me a full refund, but I never received a penny back.
  2. The jury found the defendant guilty due to the mendacious testimony of several eyewitnesses.
  3. The politician's mendacious speech was filled with false statistics and made-up stories.
  4. The mendacious student was expelled from school for submitting a plagiarized paper.
  5. The witness was found to be mendacious, and his testimony was disregarded by the judge.
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