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====Etymology====

From Latin ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mendax#Latin mendax]'' / ''mendac-'' “lying, deceitful, false,” source of English ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mendacity mendacity]'', + ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-arium -arium]'', a suffix used for physical places, repositories, or enclosures.

From Latin ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mendax#Latin mendax]'' ''mendac-'' “lying, deceitful, false,” source of English ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mendacity mendacity]'', + ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-arium -arium]'', a suffix used for physical places, repositories, or enclosures.

====Definition====

# An collection of or conceptual room of falsehoods, lies, myths, misinformation, and confidently repeated errors.

: By gathering so many commonly accepted fallacies into a single volume, Tom Burnam's [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmisi00burn_0 The Dictionary of Misinformation] serves as a meticulously cataloged mendaciarium, opening the door to a conceptual room filled with history's most confidently repeated errors.

#: By gathering so many commonly accepted fallacies into a single volume, Tom Burnam's [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmisi00burn_0 The Dictionary of Misinformation] serves as a meticulously cataloged mendaciarium, opening the door to a conceptual room filled with history's most confidently repeated errors.

# A figurative repository of mendacity; a place, real or imagined, where durable untruths are gathered, preserved, or displayed.

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 ====Etymology====
-From Latin ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mendax#Latin mendax]'' / ''mendac-'' “lying, deceitful, false,” source of English ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mendacity mendacity]'', + ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-arium -arium]'', a suffix used for physical places, repositories, or enclosures.
+From Latin ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mendax#Latin mendax]'' ''mendac-'' “lying, deceitful, false,” source of English ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mendacity mendacity]'', + ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-arium -arium]'', a suffix used for physical places, repositories, or enclosures.
 ====Definition====
 # An collection of or conceptual room of falsehoods, lies, myths, misinformation, and confidently repeated errors.
-: By gathering so many commonly accepted fallacies into a single volume, Tom Burnam's [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmisi00burn_0 The Dictionary of Misinformation] serves as a meticulously cataloged mendaciarium, opening the door to a conceptual room filled with history's most confidently repeated errors.
+#: By gathering so many commonly accepted fallacies into a single volume, Tom Burnam's [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmisi00burn_0 The Dictionary of Misinformation] serves as a meticulously cataloged mendaciarium, opening the door to a conceptual room filled with history's most confidently repeated errors.
 # A figurative repository of mendacity; a place, real or imagined, where durable untruths are gathered, preserved, or displayed.