apocryphal

apocryphal

apocryphal (comparative more apocryphal, superlative most apocryphal)

1. Of, or pertaining to, the Apocrypha.
2. Of doubtful authenticity, or lacking authority; not regarded as canonical.

   Many scholars consider the stories of the monk Teilo to be apocryphal.

3. Of dubious veracity; of questionable accuracy or truthfulness; anecdotal or in the nature of an urban legend.

   There is an apocryphal tale of a little boy plugging the dike with his finger.

   • 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Part 3

     Charles, already disposd by the evidence of his senses to think my pretences to virginity not entirely apocryphal, smothers me with kisses, begs me, in the name of love, to have a little patience, and that he will be as tender of hurting me as he would be of himself.

	apocrifo
	of doubtful authenticity
	Being of questionable authenticity.

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Altri significati:

Of dubious veracity; of questionable accuracy or truthfulness; anecdotal or in the nature of an urban legend.

Of, or pertaining to, the Apocrypha.

Of doubtful authenticity, or lacking authority; not regarded as canonical.

Traduzione 'veloce'

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