mendaciloquent
mendaciloquent adjective: untruthful in speech.
Adjective
mendaciloquent (comparative more mendaciloquent, superlative most mendaciloquent)
- Untruthful in speech.
- Mendaciloquent (mendaciloqus) that tels lies, or untruths, falſe ſpeaking.[1656, T[homas] B[lount], Glossographia: or A Dictionary, Interpreting All Such Hard Words, Whether Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, French, Teutonick, Belgick, British or Saxon, as Are Now...
- Nor were theſe all the ſevere Conſequences incident to a ſudden Deprivation: Since Debts being too quickly demanded in Adverſity for what was undeſiredly impoſed by ready Perſons at proſperous Seaſons; and they appearing arm’d with Terror like grim incarcerating Giants, or Cadmean Forces; proved...1762, Thomas Gent, The Most Delectable, Scriptural and Pious History of the Famous and Magnificent Great Eastern Window (According to Beautiful Portraitures) in St. Peter’s Cathedral, York: […]...
Forms of mendaciloquent
| comparative | more mendaciloquent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most mendaciloquent |
Origin of mendaciloquent
From Latin mendācium + -loquent, modelled on Latin mendāciloquus.
Questions about mendaciloquent
- What does mendaciloquent mean?
- Mendaciloquent means untruthful in speech.
- What part of speech is mendaciloquent?
- Mendaciloquent is an adjective.
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