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a⋅poc⋅ry⋅phal

  [uh-pok-ruh-fuhl]
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–adjective
1. of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
2. Ecclesiastical.
a. (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the Apocrypha.
b. of doubtful sanction; uncanonical.
3. false; spurious: He told an apocryphal story about the sword, but the truth was later revealed.
Origin:
1580–90; apocryph(a) + -al 1

Related forms:
a⋅poc⋅ry⋅phal⋅ly, adverb
a⋅poc⋅ry⋅phal⋅ness, noun
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a·poc·ry·phal   (ə-pŏk'rə-fəl)   
adj.  

  1. Of questionable authorship or authenticity.

  2. Erroneous; fictitious: "Wildly apocryphal rumors about starvation in Petrograd . . . raced through Russia's trenches" (W. Bruce Lincoln).

  3. Apocryphal Bible Of or having to do with the Apocrypha.

a·poc'ry·phal·ly adv.
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