/un troohth"/ , n. , pl. untruths /-troohdhz", -troohths"/ .
1. the state or character of being untrue.
2. want of veracity; divergence from truth.
3. something untrue; a falsehood or lie.
4. Archaic. unfaithfulness; disloyalty.
[ bef. 900; ME; OE untreowth. See UN- 1 , TRUTH ]
Syn. 3. fiction, story, tale, fabrication, invention. See falsehood .