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liar

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12 in 12 verses (in OT : 4 in 4 verses) (in NT : 8 in 8 verses)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun liar has 1 sense

liar(n = noun.person) prevaricator - a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly; Array

has particulars: false witness, perjurer, fabricator, fibber, storyteller

is a kind of beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster

Derived form verb lie₅

Antonym: square shooter

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CIDE DICTIONARY

liar, n. [OE. liere. See Lie to falsify.].

A person who knowingly utters falsehood; one who lies. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

liar, n. a person who tells a lie or lies, esp. habitually.

Idiom

liar dice a game with poker dice in which the result of a throw may be announced falsely.

Etymology

OE leogere (as LIE(2), -AR(4))

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DEVIL DICTIONARY

liar

n. A lawyer with a roving commission.

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THESAURUS

liar

Ananias, Baron Munchausen, Father of Lies, Satan, Sir John Mandeville, consummate liar, dirty liar, equivocator, fabricator, fabulist, false witness, falsifier, fibber, fibster, habitual liar, mythomaniac, palterer, pathological liar, perjurer, prevaricator, pseudologist, pseudologue, spinner of yarns, storyteller, teller of tales, yarn spinner, yarner

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