Dictionary
a•poc•ry•phal
Pronunciation: (u-pok'ru-ful), [key]—
adj.
1. of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
2. Eccles.
a. (
cap.) of or pertaining to the Apocrypha.
b. of doubtful sanction; uncanonical.
3. false; spurious:
He told an apocryphal story about the sword, but the truth was later revealed. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.