liar
Betekenis (Engels)
- A person who frequently lies; someone who tells a lie.
- (obsolete) A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week.
Sinonieme
falsehood teller
untruthful person
dishonest person
story-teller
fabricator of lies
inventive soul
charlatan
lying so-and-so
con-man
slow witted fellow
counter-hero
unprincipled person
Frekwensie
Koppelteken as
li‧ar
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈlaɪ.ə/
Etimologie (Engels)
From Middle English lier, liere, lyere, liȝer, lieȝer, legher, from Old English lēgere, lēogere (“liar, false witness, hypocrite”), from Proto-West Germanic *leugārī, from Proto-Germanic *leugārijaz (“liar”), from *leuganą (“to lie”) + *-ārijaz, equivalent to lie + -ar. More at lie.
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