MENDACIOUS
(adj.) given to lying
"a mendacious child"
(adj.) intentionally untrue
"a mendacious statement"
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(Tag: English) mendacious = requiring mending (correction)
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(Tag: ) A mendicant (beggar) is usually a mendacious person. i.e. given to lying; habitually dishonest.
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(Tag: ) Sanskrit where the word mindā means a kind of physical defect .........SO A MENDACIOUS PERSON ALWAYS MAKE FAULTS...he lies....beggars are mendacios..because they are dishonest ..and cheaters..
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(Tag: ) mendacious....look for the word menda..means fault; similar to Latin word mendax which means lying,and word mendicus means beggar, and perhaps we can also relate to this the mother of all langueges Sanskrit where the word mindā means a kind of p
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