Pronunciation: ˌ sü-di- ' pi-gr ə - ˌ fän
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -pha \ -f ə \
Etymology: New Latin, singular of pseudepigrapha, from Greek, neuter plural of pseudepigraphos falsely inscribed, from pseud- + epigraphein to inscribe ― more at EPIGRAM
Date: 1692
1 plural : APOCRYPHA
2 : any of various pseudonymous or anonymous Jewish religious writings of the period 200 B.C. to A.D. 200 especially : one of such writings (as the Psalms of Solomon) not included in any canon of biblical Scripture ― usually used in plural