liar
//ˈlaɪ.ə//
informalForms
- Plural
- liars
Definitions
1.Someone who tells a lie; especially, a person who frequently lies.
- He simply said, "We know, the Big Satan is a big liar."
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4419
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lier, liere, lyere, liȝer, lieȝer, legher, from Old English lēgere, lēogere (“liar, false witness, hypocrite”), from Proto-West Germanic *leugārī, from Proto-Germanic *leugārijaz (“liar”), from *leuganą (“to lie”) + *-ārijaz, equivalent to lie + -ar.