menistenleugen
/məˈnɪs.tə(n)ˌløː.ɣə(n)/
dişil
FELEMENKÇE → TR
Çekim Tablosu
çoğulmenistenleugens
Tanım
•a tactical half-truth or ambiguous statement to deceive one's audience and save one's skin
Etimoloji
Compound of menist (“Mennonite”) + -en- + leugen (“lie”). In reference to untruthful statements by Mennonites to escape from the Spanish-initiated inquisition during the sixteenth century; Mennonites were the primary victims of the inquisition in the Habsburg-ruled Low Countries.