apocryphal
/uh-POK-rih-ful/adjectiveof doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as true
“The apocryphal quote appears in none of his letters.”
- Synonyms
- unverified, dubious, legendary
- Antonyms
- authentic, verified
- Memory hook
- apocrypha: the books left out of the canon.
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