mendacious
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
mendac
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
mendacious
lying or false; not truthful
不真的, 撒谎的
Dissection of mendacious
mendacious = mendac (lie) + -ious (full of);
mendacious = full of lies; not truthful
Now Repeat my Dissection
mendacious = full of lies; not truthful
Important roots for this word:
-ious
mendac
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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