How to pronounce mendacious
American English pronunciation
men-DAY-shus
- IPA
- /mɛnˈdeɪʃəs/
- Syllables
- men · DAY · shus (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What mendacious means
Not telling the truth; lying
In a sentence: The mendacious fox claimed he had never seen the missing cheese.
Where it comes from: It comes from French, from a Latin word for a lie.
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