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apocrypha.

Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority (formerly also used attributively).

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noun/əˈpɒk.ɹə.fə/
  1. Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority (formerly also used attributively).

    uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

From Middle English apocrypha, apocrifa, apocrif, from Late Latin apocryphus (“secret, not approved for public reading”), from Ancient Greek ἀπόκρυφος (apókruphos, “hidden, obscure”, thus “(books) of unknown authorship”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + κρύπτω (krúptō, “to hide”). Properly plural (the singular would be apocryphon), but commonly treated as a collective singular. “Apocryphal” meaning “of doubtful authenticity” is first attested in English in 1590.

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