Apocryphal - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Apocryphal :  adj
1: of questionable authenticity
2: of or belonging to the Apocrypha [syn: Apocryphal]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Apocryphal : \A*poc"ry*phal\, a. 1. Pertaining to the Apocrypha.

2. Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.

The passages . . . are, however, in part from apocryphal or fictitious works. --Sir G. C. Lewis.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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