mendaciloquence
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin mendācitās (“falsehood”), and -loquence from Latin loquor (“to speak”).
Noun
editmendaciloquence (uncountable)
- (obsolete, rare) The action of telling lies in an artful way
- 2003, Charles William Heckethorn, London Souvenirs[1]:
- "Every member was to wear a blue cap with a red feather in it; before admittance he had to give proof of his powers of mendaciloquence; during club hours […] "