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apocryphal

 
Dictionary: a·poc·ry·phal   (ə-pŏk'rə-fəl) pronunciation
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.
apocryphally a·poc'ry·phal·ly adv.

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adj

Definition: questionable; fake
Antonyms: authentic, doubtless, real, true


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Related to the Old Testament.

pronunciation The story of Noah and the flood is apocryphal.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of questionable authenticity


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - apokryf, opdigtet, apokryf-

Nederlands (Dutch)
ongeloofwaardig, verzonnen, apocrief

Français (French)
adj. - apocryphe

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unglaubwürdig, apokryph

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αποκρυφιστικός, απόκρυφος, πλαστός, μυθικός

Italiano (Italian)
apocrifo, inverosimile, inattendibile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - falso, apócrifo, forjado, de autenticidade duvidosa

Русский (Russian)
апокрифический

Español (Spanish)
adj. - apócrifo, supuesto, de dudosa autenticidad

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - apokryfisk, tvivelaktig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
作者不明的, 经外书的, 伪的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 作者不明的, 經外書的, 偽的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 가짜의, 외전의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 典拠の疑わしい, 偽の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مشكوك في صحته أو في نسبته الى مؤلفه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מפוקפק, מזוייף, אגדי, של הספרים החיצוניים למקרא‬


 
 
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