pseudepigraphous

/ˌsuːdɪˈpɪɡɹəfəs//ˌsjuːdɪˈpɪɡɹəfəs/

adjective

Inscribed with a false name.

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Meanings

adjectivepseudepigraphous (not comparable)
  1. not comparableInscribed 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 pseudepigraphous

    1678, 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: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC

Origin

From pseudo- + epigraph + -ous.

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APA

pseudepigraphous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudepigraphous

MLA

“pseudepigraphous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudepigraphous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudepigraphous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudepigraphous.

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