13 September 2015

mendaciloquent

adjective

– the ability to tell convincing and masterful lies.

Etymology

from Latin mendāciloquus (from mendāci-, -mendax mendacious + loqui to speak) + -ent

First documented use

1656 – Glossographia, Thomas Blount – Mendaciloquent, that tells lies

Example

Not to mention, that seditious harangues have been duly authenticated, which were never uttered by the persons impeached, for the purpose of affording a colour and pretext to the mendaciloquent accusations, which they have dared, in the face of honest indignation of all upright men, to charge your noblest counsellors, protectors and friends.

(The Book of the Bastiles: Or, The History of the Working of the New Poor-Law, By G.R. Wythen Baxter, 1841, Part I. Letters, Sketches, Petitions, Addresses, Etc.
Mr. Richard Oastler, the People’s Patriot, P. 96)

– from WordsAndPhrasesFromThePast.com

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Today’s quote

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

– Albert Einstein

On this day

13 September 1503 – Michelango commences his iconic sculpture, ‘David‘.

13 September 1922 – official highest temperature ever recorded: 57.8oC (138oF) at Azizya, Libya.

13 September 1940 – German Luftwaffe bombs Buckingham Palace, London, while King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) are in residence.