pseud·e·pig·ra·pha (s  d -pg r -f)pl.n. 1. Spurious writings, especially writings falsely attributed to biblical characters or times. 2. A body of texts written between 200 b.c. and a.d. 200 and spuriously ascribed to various prophets and kings of Hebrew Scriptures. [Greek, from neuter pl. of pseudepigraphos, falsely ascribed : pseud  s, false; see pseudo- + epigraphein, to inscribe (epi-, epi- + graphein, to write; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots).]pseud e·pigra·phal (-r-fl), pseudep·i·graphic (sd p--gr fk), pseudep·i·graphi·cal (--kl), pseude·pigra·phous (-r-fs) adj. |
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