unveraciousadj.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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
1845 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1883) I. 301 A quick tact for detecting everything unveracious.
1894 J. C. Jeaffreson Bk. Recoll. II. xvii. 33 The unveracious man left the drawing-room, which he never again entered.
Derivatives
unveraciously adv. ⓘ
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [adverb]
false1303
falsely1303
untruea1350
lyinglya1382
adulterately1604
mendaciously1626
equivocatingly1652
slanderously1675
unveraciously1850
untruthfully1879
1850 Bell's Life in London 28 Apr. A few parting words in answer to ‘Verax’, who in your paper of last week unveraciously observed that [etc.].
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