perjurious

2 9.1

Saying untrue things, especially when you promised to tell the truth

adjective
/pɜrˈdʒʊəriəs/

Formal

: perjuro

Perjury is a crime that is seldom prosecuted, but if proven during a case, it will severely weaken the case of the perjurious party.
perjurious testimony
perjurious statement
perjurious, false

Examples

The witness was warned that making perjurious statements could damage his credibility and lead to prosecution.
You ungrateful, perjurious, barbarous man.

Don Juan DeMarco (1994)
Such verifications, if created, would be "perjurious," Klayman said.

Blog text (16)
Aside from attempting a parental abduction, she appears to have made many perjurious statements.

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If you lie under oath, you risk providing perjurious testimony that could lead to severe legal consequences.
In court, the lawyer argued that his opponent's claims were perjurious and based on false evidence.

Synonyms

untruthful

vsperjurious

6 4.8

Not honest and likely to tell lies

is used specifically for lying under oath or in legal settings

Antonyms

truthful

114 1.3

Always saying what really happened and not lying

How Dishonest

perjurious

Formal

2 9.1

dishonest

128 2.5

truthful

114 1.3

Surface Forms

perjurious positive

Morphology

perjurious = perjure (transparent) = perjure + ous

Formed by adding the adjective-forming suffix '-ous' to 'perjure', yielding 'relating to or characterized by perjury', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Perjurious comes from Latin parts per- ('completely' or 'wrongly') and jurare ('to swear'), and the same jur- appears in jury. So, to be perjurious is to lie after you have sworn to tell the truth, in other words to break an oath.