Apocryphal
[ə'pɒkrɪf(ə)l]
Definition
(adj.) being of questionable authenticity .
(adj.) of or belonging to the Apocrypha .
Typed by Adele--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Pertaining to the Apocrypha.
(a.) Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.
Editor: Lucius
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unauthentic, legendary, uncanonical, of doubtful authority.
Inputed by Evelyn
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Obscure, doubtful, unauthorized, unauthentic, spurious, legendary, uncertain,unauthenticated, unverified
ANT:Palpable, accepted, authorized, authentic, genuine, current, undisputed,verified, attested
Checker: Sherman
Examples
- I read among my notes, now, with a new interest, some sentences from an edition of 1621 of the Apocryphal New Testament. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Sam, I think this rather apocryphal,--this miracle. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But the publication was long after the alleged event, and is regarded as apocryphal. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Checker: Sherman