"truthless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more truthless [comparative], most truthless [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English trewðeleas, equivalent to truth + -less. Piecewise doublet of trothless. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|trewðeleas}} Middle English trewðeleas, {{suffix|en|truth|less}} truth + -less, {{piecewise doublet|en|trothless}} Piecewise doublet of trothless Head templates: {{en-adj}} truthless (comparative more truthless, superlative most truthless)
  1. Lacking truth, untruthful. Related terms: trothless, truth, truthful, truthlessness
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