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apocryphal

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a·poc·ry·phal  (-pkr-fl)
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·pocry·phal·ly adv.
apocryphal [əˈpɒkrɪfəl]
adj
1. of questionable authenticity
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) (sometimes capital) of or like the Apocrypha
3. untrue; counterfeit
apocryphally  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.apocryphal - being of questionable authenticity
questionable - subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin"
2.apocryphal - of or belonging to the ApocryphaApocryphal - of or belonging to the Apocrypha    
apocryphal
Translations
apocryphal [əˈpɒkrɪfəl] ADJ → apócrifo
apocryphal [əˈpɒkrɪfəl] adj [story] → apocryphe
apocryphal
adj → apokryph; (= of unknown authorship) → anonym; this story, which is almost certainly apocryphal … → diese Geschichte, die höchstwahrscheinlich jeder Wahrheit entbehrt …
apocryphal [əˈpɒkrɪfəl] adj → apocrifo/a
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