She called him a dirty liar.
she knew he was a liar when he started claiming that he was an astronaut
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O'Toole said psychopaths like Heuermann are pathological liars.—Jennifer McLogan, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026 Debbie Fox, a retiree in Arvada, had met some liars on dating apps before.—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2026 What is clear is their intense bond, the brash intimacy of people addicted to repartee and raised by liars.—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2026 But that would make stage actors liars.—Robert B. Talisse, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for liar
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English lēogere, from lēogan to lie — more at lie
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of liar was
before the 12th century