Alarcon y Mendoza, ah lahr kone' e men do'- thah, DON JUAN RUIZ DE (?-1639), one of the most distinguished dramatic poets of Spain; born in Mexico. He went to Europe about 1622; in 1628 he published a volume containing eight comedies and in 1635 another containing twelve. One of them, called The Truth Suspected, furnished Corneille with the groundwork and greater part of the substance of his Liar. The Weaver of Segovia and Walls Have Ears are still performed on the Spanish stage.