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Added 10 October 2026

untruth

/ʌnˈtɹuːθ/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about untruth at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A lie or falsehood.
The condition of being false; truthlessness.

Origin

Inherited from Middle English untreuth, from Old English untrēowþ and unġetrēowþ, from Proto-West Germanic *untriuwiþu and *ungatriuwiþu, equivalent to un- + truth. Cognate with Old High German ungitriuwida.

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