apocryphal

a·poc·ry·phal

A0368100 (ə-pŏk′rə-fəl)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.

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a·poc′ry·phal·ly adv.

apocryphal

(əˈpɒkrɪfəl) adj1. of questionable authenticity2. (Bible) (sometimes capital) of or like the Apocrypha3. untrue; counterfeit aˈpocryphally adv

a•poc•ry•phal

(əˈpɒk rə fəl)

adj. 1. (cap.) of or pertaining to the Apocrypha. 2. of doubtful authorship or authenticity. 3. false; spurious. [1580–90] a•poc′ry•phal•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	apocryphal - being of questionable authenticityquestionable - subject to question; "questionable motives"; "a questionable reputation"; "a fire of questionable origin"
	2.	Apocryphal - of or belonging to the Apocrypha

apocryphal

adjective dubious, legendary, doubtful, questionable, mythical, spurious, fictitious, unsubstantiated, equivocal, unverified, unauthenticated, uncanonical This may well be an apocryphal story.
true, authentic, credible, authorized, verified, factual, undisputed, attested, substantiated, authenticated, unquestionable, canonical

Translations

apocrifoapocriefapócrifoапокрифический