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   mendacity

   /mɛnˈdasɪti/

   noun

   • 1. untruthfulness; lying: "people publicly castigated for past mendacity"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (as mendacite): from ecclesiastical Latin mendacitas, from Latin mendax, mendac- ‘lying’ (see mendacious).

   Scrabble Points: 17

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