单词 | pseudepigrapha |
释义 | pseudepigrapha[ soo-duh-pig-ruh-fuh ] / ˌsu dəˈpɪg rə fə / noun (used with a plural verb)certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character. Origin of pseudepigrapha1685–95; <New Latin <Greek, neuter plural of pseudepíigraphos falsely inscribed, bearing a false title. See pseud-, epigraph, -ous OTHER WORDS FROM pseudepigraphapseud·ep·i·graph·ic [soo-dep-i-graf-ik], /ˌsu dɛp ɪˈgræf ɪk/, pseud·ep·i·graph·i·cal, pseud·e·pig·ra·phous, pseud·e·pig·ra·phal, adjectiveWords nearby pseudepigraphapseudallescheriasis, pseudamphora, pseudankylosis, pseudarthrosis, pseudaxis, pseudepigrapha, pseudepigraphy, pseudesthesia, pseudisodomic, pseudo, pseudoacanthosis nigricans Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pseudepigrapha
British Dictionary definitions for pseudepigraphaPseudepigrapha / (ˌsjuːdɪˈpɪɡrəfə) / pl nvarious Jewish writings from the first century bc to the first century ad that claim to have been divinely revealed but which have been excluded from the Greek canon of the Old TestamentAlso called (in the Roman Catholic Church): Apocrypha Derived forms of PseudepigraphaPseudepigraphic (ˌsjuːdɛpɪˈɡræfɪk), Pseudepigraphical or Pseudepigraphous, adjectiveWord Origin for PseudepigraphaC17: from Greek pseudepigraphos falsely entitled, from pseudo- + epigraphein to inscribe Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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