mendax

Meaning

Adj

deceitful, lying, deceptive, untruthful, false, mendacious, feigned, not real.

Noun

liar

Concepts

liar

fibber

factitious

false

lying

ostensible

truthless

untruthful

economical with the truth

apparent

mistruthful

dishonest

Synonyms

falsus

falsidicus

Translations

bugiardo

Lügner

mentiroso

menteur

embustero

mentitore

leugenaar

ψεύτης

mentiroso

yalancı

menzognero

ψεύτρα

كذاب

mentider

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈmɛn.daːks]

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“to fault”), whence also mendum and menda, plus -āx. Original meaning was "faulty" and was shifted towards "deceitful" under the influence of mentior (“I lie”).