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apocryphal

[ uh-pok-ruh-fuhl ]

adjective

  1. of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
  2. Ecclesiastical.
    1. (initial capital letter) of or relating to the Apocrypha.
    2. of doubtful sanction; uncanonical.
  3. false; spurious:

    He told an apocryphal story about the sword, but the truth was later revealed.



apocryphal

/ 蓹藞辫蓲办谤瑟蹿蓹濒 /

adjective

  1. of questionable authenticity
  2. sometimes capital of or like the Apocrypha
  3. untrue; counterfeit
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 补藞辫辞肠谤测辫丑补濒濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 补路辫辞肠顎价测路辫丑补濒路濒测 adverb
  • 补路辫辞肠顎价测路辫丑补濒路苍别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of apocryphal1

First recorded in 1580鈥90; apocryph(a) + -al 1
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Morgan鈥檚 reply may be apocryphal, but it encompasses the truism that investors should divorce their emotional response to the markets from the cold analysis that should underlie investment decisions, if possible.

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What of President Jackson's likely apocryphal rebuttal of the power of the courts, that they don't have an army to make him follow their rulings?

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The president of the United States posted a possibly apocryphal quote often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte on social media Saturday: 鈥淗e who saves his Country does not violate any Law.鈥

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Perhaps most famously 鈥 if apocryphally 鈥 in 1980, after performing for Carter in the Rose Garden, Willie Nelson claimed he sparked a joint while sitting on the roof of the White House.

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One apocryphal story from the political correctness panic that has resurfaced for the cancel culture panic is that they don't teach Shakespeare in college anymore.

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