False"hood (?), n.
[False + - hood] 1. Want of truth
or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error;
misrepresentation; falsity. Though it be
a lie in the clock, it
is but a falsehood in the hand of the dial when
pointing at a wrong hour,
if rightly following the direction of the wheel which moveth it. Fuller. 2. A deliberate intentional assertion
of what is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie. 3.
Treachery; deceit;
perfidy; unfaithfulness.
Betrayed by falsehood of his guard.
Shak. 4. A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture.
For his molten image is falsehood. Jer. x. 14. No falsehood can endure
Touch of celestial temper. Milton. Syn. -- Falsity; lie; untruth; fiction; fabrication. See Falsity.
Quotes From Classical Literature on 'falsehood'You can hear pronunciation of the quotes if you click on  . The sound files tend to be pretty big.
 The loue of Valentine, and loue sir Thurio?
Pro. The best way is, to slander Valentine,
With falsehood , cowardize, and poore discent:
Three things, that women highly hold in hate
Du. I, but she'll thinke, that it is spoke in hate
Pro. I, if his enemy deliuer it.
God.' He professes the Anglican faith, despite ' a very long
and very trew friendship for some of the Roman Church.' His
worldly estate he has acquired ' neither by falsehood or
flattery or the extreme crewelty of the law of this nation.'
His property was in two houses in London, the lease of
Norington farm, a farm near Stafford, besides books, linen,
and a hanging cabinet inscribed with his name, now, it seems,
in the possession of Mr. Elkin Mathews. A bequest is made of
( Aloud.) This is what I have to say : hats off to that man, for he has
nobly taken another' s guilt upon his shoulders. My friends, I want to
have done with falsehood ; it has very nearly poisoned every fibre of my
being. You shall know all. Fifteen years ago, I was the guilty man.
Mrs. Bernick ( softly and tremblingly): Karsten!
Martha ( similarly): Ah, Johan--!
titles of lordship, of eminence, and of holiness, which mere worms
bestow on other worms by assuring them that they are with a most
profound respect, and an infamous falsehood , their most obedient
humble servants. It is to secure ourselves more strongly from such
a shameless traffic of lies and flattery, that we ' thee' and ' thou'
a king with the same freedom as we do a beggar, and salute no
person; we owing nothing to mankind but charity, and to the laws
respect and obedience.
The ungovernable amazement with which Mr. Doolittle listened to this
falsehood would have betrayed his agency in the liberation of the
dogs, had Natty wanted any further confirmation; and the coolness and
management of the old man now disappeared in open indignation.
“ Look you here, Mr. Doolittle,” he said, striking the breech of his
rifle violently on the ground; “ what there is in the wigwam of a poor
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