lying means the act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 66 out of 100.
lying is pronounced /ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/.
Etymology
lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”) + -ing.
noun
- The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.“1854, Saint Augustine, Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXIV, translated by Philip Schaff et al.
But whom could the lyings in wait of the human heart escape?”
- An act or telling a lie or falsehood; the practice of telling lies.“[W]hether a man would fain be pleased with sin, or be quiet and fearless when he hath sinned, or continue in it, or persuade others to it, he must do it by false propositions, by lyings, and such weak discourses as none can believe but such as are born fools, or such as have made themselves so, or are made so by others.”
adj
- Tending to tell lies, untruthful, mendacious“Gloster: Then, Saunder, sit there, the lyingest knave in Christendom.”