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单词 mentery
释义

menteryn.

Forms: late Middle English menterye, late Middle English mentirye, 1500s mentery.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French menterie.
Etymology: < Middle French, French menterie (1326; now archaic or regional) < Old French mentir to lie (c1000; < classical Latin mentīrī to lie < ment- , mēns mind: see mental adj.1) + -erie -ery suffix.
Obsolete.
Lying.
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
c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 151 To these..thinges treccherie is familier..Bi hire was maad menterye.
c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 152 (MED) Thou clepest thi spaueyned haunche menterye.
1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. Sonn. xix Lowd Mentery small confutation needes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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