Pronunciation: /əˈpɒkrɪf(ə)l/
adjective
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(of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true: an apocryphal story about a former president his alleged description of opera as ‘fat gits singing’ is probably apocryphal
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of or belonging to the Apocrypha: the apocryphal Gospel of Thomas
