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men-DAY-shuhs
adjective
false statement; lying
1841On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in HistoryLet us try if, leaving out both the quack theory and the allegory one, and listening with affectionate attention to that far-off confused rumor of the Pagan ages, we cannot ascertain so much as this at least, That there was a kind of fact at the heart of them; that they too were not mendacious and distracted, but in their own poor way true and sane!1897A Fascinating TraitorIt was the crowning lie of Hawke's splendidly mendacious career when he carelessly said, 'Nothing. I supposed, of course, that you had grave need of me here.'1915Of Human BondageMildred had become great friends with her and had given her an elaborate but mendacious account of the circumstances which had brought her to the pass she was in.Labels: Richard Henry Savage, Thomas Carlyle, W. Somerset Maugham
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