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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
apocryphal/əˈpɒkrɪfl/

▶adjective

1 (of a report) of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.

2 of or belonging to the Apocrypha.

– derivatives
apocryphally adverb.

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