Men*dac"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Mendacities (#). [L. mendacitas.]
1.
The quality or state of being mendacious; a habit of lying.
Macaulay.
2.
A falsehood; a lie.
Sir T. Browne.
Syn. -- Lying; deceit; untruth; falsehood.
© Webster 1913.