pl.n.
- Spurious writings, especially writings falsely attributed to biblical characters or times.
- 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 : pseudēs, false; see pseudo- + epigraphein, to inscribe (epi-, epi- + graphein, to write).]
pseudepigraphal pseud'e·pig'ra·phal (-rə-fəl) or pseud'ep·i·graph'ic (sū'dĕp-ĭ-grăf'ĭk) or pseud'ep·i·graph'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) or pseud'e·pig'ra·phous (-rə-fəs) adj.
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