untruthfulness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English untruthful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English untruthfulness From untruthful + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state of being untruthful; dishonesty.
Subtlety may indeed effect a victory at the deadening cost of a sin, but timeservingness can only get transitory advantage, while the damage of its untruthfulness leaves its corroding taint behind for ever.
1855, The Ecclesiastic, page 346:
Translations (5)
it bugiardaggine (state of being untruthful) · ru лживость (state of being untruthful) · ru неправдивость (state of being untruthful) · ru недостоверность (state of being untruthful) · ro neveridicitate (state of being untruthful)