Entry #3: Mendacious

MENDACIOUS

Pronunciation: men-dey-shuhs 

Definition: (adj) telling lies, esp habitually; the tendency to be untruthful; dishonest. 

UD Definitions:  
1. telling lies, esp. habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful (the same).

Google Image: 

He actually isn't being mendacious, if he's admitting to his corneous state.

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Origin: comes from the Latin mendacitas and late-Latin mendax, meaning untruthful (circa 1610-20).

Used in a Sentence: The journalist turned in a mendacious article that got him fired.

Synonyms: insincere, lying (adj), fraudulent, deceitful, perfidious, untrue, fallacious, spurious, erroneous.

Words that Rhyme:  flirtatious, gracious, spacious, crustaceous, audacious, salacious.

Nearby Words: mend, menagerie.

In Lyrics: Malignant Tumor "Mendacious Television"

Scrabble Score: 15

WordCount Popularity Rank: #77,235 (barely made it on the list!) 

Quotes: 
"Ïf I told you that I was always mendacious, would  you believe me?" - Me

Lists:
Top 3 Mendacious Individuals:

3. Bill Clinton - Ah, yes good old Bill and his adultery scandal with Monica Lewinski. Despite it occurring over a decade ago, you may still remember his mendacious quote "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" that eventually got him impeached. Seriously, the Lewinski scandal is all people remember him for, which is sad since he was a fantastic president.

2. King Henry VIII - If you thought cheating on your wife was bad, take this guy, who through his mendacious statements got his wife Anne Boleyn killed after she failed to give him a son. He accused her of treason, incest and adultery. She was consequently hanged. Yikes.

 1. Pinnochio - Who exemplifies mendaciousness more than Pinnochio? This puppet is punished for his lies and his nose grows, but does that stop him?