liar+(noun)

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• liar — ► NOUN ▪ a person who tells lies …   English terms dictionary

• liar — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ accomplished, good ▪ She s an accomplished liar they believed every word she said. ▪ bad, poor ▪ big, terrible …   Collocations dictionary

• liar — early 13c., from O.E. leogere liar, false witness, agent noun from Anglian legan, W.Saxon leogan be untruthful, lie (see LIE (Cf. lie) (v.1)). The form in ar is probably in imitation of the refashioned forms such as scholar for scoler and pillar… …   Etymology dictionary

• liar — noun even in a court of law, Jeff was a shameless liar Syn: deceiver, fibber, perjurer, false witness, fabricator, equivocator; fabulist; informal storyteller …   Thesaurus of popular words

• liar — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lēogere, from lēogan to lie more at lie Date: before 12th century a person who tells lies …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• liar — noun one who tells lies …   Wiktionary

• liar's mortgage — noun A derogatory term for a stated income (U.S.) or self certificated (U.K.) loan secured by a mortgage granted without the lender verifying information provided by the applicant as to his or her financial or employment status …   Wiktionary

• liar — noun a person who tells lies. Origin OE lēogere (see lie2, ar4) …   English new terms dictionary

• liar — noun (C) someone who tells lies …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• liar — noun Syn: fibber, deceiver, perjurer, dissembler, faker, hoaxer, impostor …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• liar dice — noun : a poker dice game in which a player s cast is concealed by a screen or his hands and he may bluff by announcing a better hand than he has …   Useful english dictionary