inveracity
Americannoun
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inveracities
plural
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untruthfulness; mendacity.
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an untruth; falsehood.
noun
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lying; untruthfulness
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an untruth; lie
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Origin of inveracity
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His principal qualification is a degree of plausible inveracity next below that of an ambassador.
From The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
Such explanation implies an inveracity which it is not necessary to impute.
From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Albert Leffingwell
Doubtless it is sent upon us for our sins; but had we not already a plague of inveracity?
From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by S. O. (Silas Orrin) Howes
We need to remember, however, that inaccuracy by no means connotes inveracity.
From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Albert Leffingwell
He Himself is Sanctity, Truth, and Love; and the three offences against His Majesty are impurity, inveracity, and cruelty.
From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by John Henry Newman
Those to whom it makes its appeal are, for the most part, not capable of analyzing through to their sources its fundamental inveracities, nor would they be inclined to do that if they were able.
From Modern Religious Cults and Movements by Gaius Glenn Atkins
Why it gave me consternation I could not have told; I dare say my inveracities of the day before had failed to digest.
From The Flower of the Chapdelaines by F. C. (Frederick Coffay) Yohn
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