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prevaricator
[ pri-var-i-key-ter ]
noun
- a person who speaks falsely; liar.
- a person who speaks so as to avoid the precise truth; quibbler; equivocator.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prevaricator1
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Example Sentences
The praise of his friends round the Oxford tea-tables turned him into a consistent prevaricator.
"It's—it's ripped: torn across the skirt," floundered the Little Red Doctor, who is a weak, unreliable prevaricator at best.
Mr. Rabbit, you are all these—a lazy, shiftless sneak, thief and prevaricator.'
John tried to buy off the opposition with promises, but no one would trust the champion prevaricator of the age.
He will surely be heard from again some day, as he has the elements that go to make up a successful prevaricator.
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