untruther

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English

Etymology

From untruth +‎ -er.

Noun

untruther (plural untruthers)

  1. An untruthful person; a liar.
    • 1889, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat :
      'You are an untruther,' I replied, getting roused; []
    • 1892, Harry De Windt, Siberia as it is, page 244:
      Let us hope that the writer has never visited Siberia; that he is, to use an Americanism, an unconscious "untruther," for there is not a quicksilver mine in the country!