See Also: falsehood(dictionary)

falsehood (iou)



falsehood noun. . ME.
[from FALSE adjective + -HEAD, -HOOD.]
Deceitfulness, treachery. ME-M16.
Lack of conformity with the truth; (intentional) falsity. ME.
T. Beddoes He has..shewn the falsehood of the conclusion. S. Naipaul Truth and falsehood were inextricably intertwined in that statement.
b. (An) untrue belief or doctrine. ME.
A. Helps Each age has to fight with its own falsehoods.
Fraudulent practice, deception; an instance of this, a counterfeit. Now rare or obsolete. ME.
Milton Hee..Artificer of fraud..was the first That practised falshood under saintly shew.
An untruthful statement; a lie. ME.
INJURIOUS falsehood.
R. L. Stevenson Another man who never told a formal falsehood in his life may yet be himself one lie.
Untruthful speaking; lying. M17.
E. Stillingfleet Herodotus was..suspected of falshood.
Scots Law. = FALSET noun1 2. L17.