Telling lies, especially as a habit.[From Latin mendac-, stem of mendax (lying), from mendum (fault or defect) that also gave us amend, emend, and mendicant.]
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>From The Devil's Dictionary:
Mendacious, adj. Addicted to rhetoric.
"Forget Disney's cartoon tale of the mendacious marionette whose doweled nose grows longer with every fib."
Roger McBain; Ballet Helps 'Pinocchio' Step Out In New Direction; Evansville Courier & Press (Indiana); May 11, 2005.
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