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pseuˈdologer
[f. Gr. ψευδολόγ-ος speaking falsely, a liar + -er1.]
A maker of false statements, a (systematic) liar. So pseudoˈlogical a. [cf. Gr. ψευδολογικ-ός false], pertaining or relating to pseudology (hence pseudoˈlogically adv.); pseuˈdologist [in Gr. ψευδολογιστ-ής], (a) = pseudologer; (b) one versed in pseudology (sense 2).
1656Blount Glossogr., *Pseudologer, a false teacher, a liar.
1884Sat. Rev. 19 July 77/1 He was hampered by the inferiority of the *pseudological tools of his day.
1867Visct. Strangford Selection (1869) II. 43 *Pseudologically speaking, the first intimation..rested on a miscalculation rather than a direct falsehood.
1805Miniature No. 26 (1806) II. 65, I hear..that a work is in the press, and will speedily be published, entitled The *Pseudologist or Complete Liar, in twenty-one volumes folio, with complete indices. 1867Pall Mall G. 4 Jan. 10 Everybody..becomes, by the very nature of things, a comparative pseudologist. |