Mendaciloquent

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

(rare, literary) Untruthful in speech..

Example Sentences

Mendaciloquent (mendaciloqus) that tels lies, or untruths, falſe ſpeaking.

Nor were theſe all the ſevere Conſequences incident to a ſudden Deprivation: Since Debts being too quickly demanded in Adverſity for what was undeſiredly impoſed by ready Perſons at proſperous Seaſons; and they appearing arm’d with Terror like grim incarcerating Giants, or Cadmean Forces; proved Sources of future Misfortunes, (thro’ baſe Covetouſneſs of my improved Habitation, with fair, neceſſary tho’ degradred Utenſils) or rather Labyrinths of Contumelies, thro’ mendaciloquent Abſurdities of the Envious; […]

The gentleman who conducts the Brighton Guardian gave a tolerable specimen of his mendaciloquent abilities last week; and one cannot help laughing at the fellow’s amazing impudence. We wonder to what lengths he would go, if unchecked by the Patriot. We shall proceed to detect and expose a few of his Mendoza-Pinto-like stories in his last publication:—“HOW TO CONCOCT A BILL.[…]”—Brighton Guardian. Now, what will the public say when they learn the fact, that every word in the above extract is false!

The paid Patriot of Ireland, fearing that his profitable trade of agitation is not likely to benefit by the settlement of the long-disputed Irish questions, has issued another Missive to the people of that country. He denounces the Poor Law as, “a law to make the destitute more miserable, and to increase the number of the Poor,” and says it has been effected by Wellington and Peel “for the purpose of narrowing the franchise.” He complains, with mendaciloquent indignation, of the Peers, on account of their having raised the franchise, by which, he says, they have “swindled the Irish out of their rights.”

Canadian philosopher Larry Zolf in 1975 gave Canadian socialists a timely warning — “For socialists, going to bed with the Liberals is like having oral sex with a shark.” What was true in 1975 is even truer in 2005, so I pass this warning on to Jack Layton before he gets any cozier with mendaciloquent Martin.

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• more mendaciloquent
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