† untruefuladj.
Obsolete. rare.
Untruthful, false.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [adjective]
leasea900
liec975
false?c1225
unsoothfasta1300
untruefulc1380
trothlessa1393
fickle-tongue1393
truthlessa1522
lying1535
fabling1548
forging1593
mendacious1616
soothless1803
storytelling1839
unveracious1845
fabricatory1855
untruthful1858
falsidical1866
leasing1873
inveracious1885
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective]
unrightlyeOE
leasea900
falsec1175
untruec1370
untruefulc1380
erroneousc1400
fallacec1400
wrongc1420
unsubstantialc1455
wrongfulc1470
unrighteous1507
improper1531
perverse1531
mistaken1540
square1549
truthless1568
uncorrect1568
misconceiveda1612
errorous1633
swervinga1638
tralatitious1645
out of the way1676
wrongous1768
aberrated1834
aberrational1837
unsubstantiated1837
unevidenced1842
non-realistic1882
unsubstantiate1890
screwed-up1942
disauthentic1960
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 137 Wole þou not be untrewful but trewe in bileve.
a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. lxxviii. f. cxx/1 Orygenes by his false doctryne hadd gyuen many vntrueful techynges contrary to the holy scrypture.
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adj.c1380