A·poc'ry·phal adjective 1. Pertaining to the Apocrypha. 2. Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false. « The passages . . . are, however, in part from apocryphal or fictitious works. Sir G. C. Lewis. » Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/103