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Word entry · 10 letters

apocryphal

Best crossword clue

"Of doubtful truth"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /əˈpɒkɹɪfəl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aachloppryStarts with AEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. being of questionable authenticity

Word origin

From apocrypha + -al.

Used in a sentence

  • […] ‘Tobit and his dog baith are altogether heathenish and apocryphal, and none but a prelatist or a papist would draw them into question. I doubt I hae been mista'en in you, friend.’
  • Besides all this, he had read his Bible, including the apocryphal books; […]
  • Many scholars consider the stories of the monk Teilo to be apocryphal.

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