mendacity

Meaning

Noun

The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.
A deceit, falsehood, or lie.

Origin

From Late Latin mendacitas , from Latin mendāx + -itās. Mendāx is derived from mentior (from mēns, mentis, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis ("thought")) + -āx, or from Proto-Indo-European *mend- ("to fault").

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