mendacityn.

Brit.

/mɛnˈdasᵻti/, U.S.

/mɛnˈdæsədi/

Forms: 1500s mendacitie, 1500s–1600s mendacite, 1600s– mendacity.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mendacitas.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin mendacitas (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < classical Latin mendāc- , mendāx lying, false (see mendacious adj.) + -itās -ity suffix. Compare Middle French mendacité lie, falsehood (1509, rare).

1. The quality of being mendacious; the tendency or disposition to lie or deceive; habitual lying or deceiving; falsehood.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun]

leasec888

falsec1000

falsedom1297

falsehood1297

bula1300

gabbinga1300

variancea1450

falset1482

mendacity?1540

unverityc1572

truthlessness1662

mendaciousness1829

untruthfulness1830

unveracity1839

inveracity1864

untruism1868

falseship-

?1540 R. Wyer tr. C. de Pisan C. Hystoryes Troye (1549) xxxii. sig. Gviii^v Whan it behoued her to speke she sayde nothynge, but that it was verytable, and neuer mendacite [Fr. mensonge] or lesyng was founde procedynge from her mouth.

1565 T. Gale in J. Hall tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. sig. *ii^v Thei incurre mendacitie and falsifiyng [sic] the truthe, then the whiche vice nothing can be more detestable and worthy of ignominie.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. vi. 22 If wee call to minde the mendacity of Greece.

1660 State Trials, John Cook (1730) II. 344/2 In that Sense it must have the Operation of Mendacity;..there must be a Lie told in it.

1723 F. Atterbury Answer Considerations on Spirit of Martin Luther 27 This, I say, is a piece of my Author's mendacity.

1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. v. 439 Neither mendacity nor prejudice was likely to corrupt their knowledge, or defile their narrations.

1805 G. Huddesford Les Champignons du Diable v. 191 Such is the mendacity Of that Ecclesiastic fry They'll..Scarce leave a lie for you to tell.

a1832 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. Pref. to ed. 2, in Wks. (1843) I. 243/1 By means of mendacity, usurpation was, on each occasion, set up, exercised, and established.

1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile ix. 245 Notwithstanding his mendacity—(and it must be owned that he is the most brilliant liar under heaven).

1921 Times 29 Sept. 5/5 There are limits to the mendacity even of a golf reporter.

1964 Greece & Rome 11 167 Herodotos enjoyed an almost universally bad press from ancient critics for his alleged mendacity and gullibility.

1991 P. Slater Dream Deferred ii. xi. 134 This knee-jerk mendacity is responsible for the regularity with which industrial and transportation accidents are blamed on human error.

2. An instance of this; a lie, a falsehood.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie

liec900

leasingc1000

falsehoodc1290

falsedom1297

gabbinga1300

fablec1300

follyc1300

fittenc1440

untruthc1449

crackc1450

fallacy1481

falsity1557

falsedict1579

untroth1581

crackera1625

flam1632

mendacity1646

fairy story1692

false1786

whid1794

gag1805

wrinkle1819

reacher1828

cram1842

untruism1845

crammer1861

inveracity1864

bung1882

fairy tale1896

mistruth1897

post-and-rails1945

pork pie1973

porky1985

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. i. 2 There were no lesse then two mistakes, or rather additionall mendacites .

1799 C. Tweedie Conduct of Great Brit. iii. 216 Truths which the vile mendacities of France need not pretend to impair.

1868 F. W. Farrar Seekers after God iii. i. 270 The..age of..spiritual impotencies..and mendacities.

1919 Times 22 Apr. 12/3 Aeroplanes are dropping leaflets..refuting the mendacities disseminated regarding the Rowlatt Acts.

1988 Independent 12 Aug. 20/4 The sort of meretricious mendacities which have devalued British party politics over the last decade.

Compounds

† General attributive and with participles. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. i. xi. 191 A motive..may be termed a mendacity-prompting..motive.

a1845 S. Smith Ballot in Wks. (1859) II. 316/2 The period for lying arrives, and the mendacity machine is exhibited to the view of the Wigginses.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mendacity
释义	mendacityn. Brit. /mɛnˈdasᵻti/, U.S. /mɛnˈdæsədi/ Forms: 1500s mendacitie, 1500s–1600s mendacite, 1600s– mendacity. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mendacitas. Etymology: < post-classical Latin mendacitas (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < classical Latin mendāc- , mendāx lying, false (see mendacious adj.) + -itās -ity suffix. Compare Middle French mendacité lie, falsehood (1509, rare). 1. The quality of being mendacious; the tendency or disposition to lie or deceive; habitual lying or deceiving; falsehood. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] leasec888 falsec1000 falsedom1297 falsehood1297 bula1300 gabbinga1300 variancea1450 falset1482 mendacity?1540 unverityc1572 truthlessness1662 mendaciousness1829 untruthfulness1830 unveracity1839 inveracity1864 untruism1868 falseship- ?1540 R. Wyer tr. C. de Pisan C. Hystoryes Troye (1549) xxxii. sig. Gviii^v Whan it behoued her to speke she sayde nothynge, but that it was verytable, and neuer mendacite [Fr. mensonge] or lesyng was founde procedynge from her mouth. 1565 T. Gale in J. Hall tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. sig. ii^v Thei incurre mendacitie and falsifiyng [sic] the truthe, then the whiche vice nothing can be more detestable and worthy of ignominie. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica* i. vi. 22 If wee call to minde the mendacity of Greece. View more context for this quotation 1660 State Trials, John Cook (1730) II. 344/2 In that Sense it must have the Operation of Mendacity;..there must be a Lie told in it. 1723 F. Atterbury Answer Considerations on Spirit of Martin Luther 27 This, I say, is a piece of my Author's mendacity. 1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. v. 439 Neither mendacity nor prejudice was likely to corrupt their knowledge, or defile their narrations. 1805 G. Huddesford Les Champignons du Diable v. 191 Such is the mendacity Of that Ecclesiastic fry They'll..Scarce leave a lie for you to tell. a1832 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. Pref. to ed. 2, in Wks. (1843) I. 243/1 By means of mendacity, usurpation was, on each occasion, set up, exercised, and established. 1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile ix. 245 Notwithstanding his mendacity—(and it must be owned that he is the most brilliant liar under heaven). 1921 Times 29 Sept. 5/5 There are limits to the mendacity even of a golf reporter. 1964 Greece & Rome 11 167 Herodotos enjoyed an almost universally bad press from ancient critics for his alleged mendacity and gullibility. 1991 P. Slater Dream Deferred ii. xi. 134 This knee-jerk mendacity is responsible for the regularity with which industrial and transportation accidents are blamed on human error. 2. An instance of this; a lie, a falsehood. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie liec900 leasingc1000 falsehoodc1290 falsedom1297 gabbinga1300 fablec1300 follyc1300 fittenc1440 untruthc1449 crackc1450 fallacy1481 falsity1557 falsedict1579 untroth1581 crackera1625 flam1632 mendacity1646 fairy story1692 false1786 whid1794 gag1805 wrinkle1819 reacher1828 cram1842 untruism1845 crammer1861 inveracity1864 bung1882 fairy tale1896 mistruth1897 post-and-rails1945 pork pie1973 porky1985 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. i. 2 There were no lesse then two mistakes, or rather additionall mendacites . View more context for this quotation 1799 C. Tweedie Conduct of Great Brit. iii. 216 Truths which the vile mendacities of France need not pretend to impair. 1868 F. W. Farrar Seekers after God iii. i. 270 The..age of..spiritual impotencies..and mendacities. 1919 Times 22 Apr. 12/3 Aeroplanes are dropping leaflets..refuting the mendacities disseminated regarding the Rowlatt Acts. 1988 Independent 12 Aug. 20/4 The sort of meretricious mendacities which have devalued British party politics over the last decade. Compounds † General attributive and with participles. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. i. xi. 191 A motive..may be termed a mendacity-prompting..motive. a1845 S. Smith Ballot in Wks. (1859) II. 316/2 The period for lying arrives, and the mendacity machine is exhibited to the view of the Wigginses. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1540
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