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pseudepigraphous

/ˌsuːdɪˈpɪɡɹəfəs/

pseudepigraphous adjective: inscribed with a false name.

Adjective

pseudepigraphous (not comparable)

  1. Inscribed with a false name.
    • Now as concerning Herodotus, who supposing Homer and Hesiod to have been the ancientest of all the Greek poets, seemed therefore to conclude the Orphic poems to have been pseudepigraphous1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […]...

Origin of pseudepigraphous

From pseudo- + epigraph + -ous.

Questions about pseudepigraphous

What does pseudepigraphous mean?
Pseudepigraphous means inscribed with a false name.
What part of speech is pseudepigraphous?
Pseudepigraphous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pseudepigraphous?
Pseudepigraphous is pronounced /ˌsuːdɪˈpɪɡɹəfəs/.

Words near pseudepigraphous in the dictionary

  1. pseudepigraphal
  2. pseudepigraphic
  3. pseudepigraphical
  4. pseudepigraphies
  5. pseudepigraphon
  6. pseudepigraphous
  7. pseudepigraphs
  8. pseudepigraphy
  9. pseudergate
  10. pseudergates
  11. pseuderies

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