suggestio falsi
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A misrepresentation of the truth brought about by implying a falsehood to be true; a lie of implication. Compare suppressio veri.
Etymology
Latin: suggestiō (“suggestion”) + falsī (“of a falsehood”, genitive singular form of falsum, “an untruth”, “falsehood”) = “a suggestion of an untruth” ≈ “suggestion of deceit”.