单词 | mendaciloquence |
释义 | † mendaciloquencen. Obsolete. rare. Untruthfulness in speech; the action of telling lies. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > telling of falsehoods, lying leasingc950 fablinga1300 lyinga1300 menteryc1450 blanching1581 forgery1582 whetstone-leasing1598 Creticism1614 mentition1656 falsehood1662 storytelling1681 mendaciloquencec1710 fibbing1749 economy of truth1796 fibbery1857 c1710 E. Ward Hist. London Clubs i. 2 A witty and famous Gentleman in the Art of Mendatiloquence. 1729 E. Ward Durgen 40 [He] craftily extenuates the Offence, By prefatory Mendaciloquence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1710 |
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