mendacity
Meanings
Plural: mendacities
Noun
- the tendency to be untruthful
- The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.
- A deceit, falsehood, or lie.
Origin / Etymology
From Late Latin mendacitas, from Latin mendāx (“deceitful, deceptive, lying”) + -itās (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being). Mendāx is derived from mentior (“to deceive, lie”) (from mēns, mentis (“mind; intellect; judgment, reasoning”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”)) + -āx (suffix forming adjectives expressing a tendency or inclination), or from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“to fault”).
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 17
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Words With Friends Score: 19
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