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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English liar, lier, [[inh|ang|lēogere|t=liar, false witness, hypocrite]], Anglian lēgere,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) an agent noun from lēogan, to be untruthful (see [[lie]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) The ending -ar, rather than -er, was probably in imitation of refashioned forms such as scholar for scoler and pillar for piler.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) A different formation gave Dutch leugenaar and German [[m|de|Lügner]].^(Etymonline)
+ It is Middle English liar, lier, [[inh|ang|lēogere|t=liar, false witness, hypocrite]], Anglian lēgere,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) an agent noun from [[m|ang|lēogan]], to be untruthful (see [[lie]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) The ending -ar, rather than -er, was probably in imitation of refashioned forms such as scholar for scoler and pillar for piler.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) A different formation gave [[nl|leugenaar]] and German [[m|de|Lügner]].^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==