apocryphal
adjective /əˈpɒkrɪfl/
/əˈpɑːkrɪfl/
- (of a story) well known, but probably not true
- Most of the stories about him are apocryphal.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryApocryphal is used with these nouns:- gospel
- story
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from apocrypha + -al.