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Word of the Day – Mendacity

By February 23, 2018Word of the Day

Mendacity (noun)

men-das-i-tee

Untruthfulness.

Mid 17th century: from ecclesiastical Latin mendacitas, from mendax, mendac- ‘lying’ (see mendacious).

Example sentences

“It’s pure mendacity and poor excuses!”

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