Post by t-bob on Apr 26, 2019 10:04:06 GMT -5
That’s a long word.....
noun
1. the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
Quotes
If de León was the author, his exercise in pseudepigraphy was among the most successful in history. -- Ezra Glinter, "A mysterious medieval text, decrypted," Boston Globe, June 26, 2016 Even this gimmick exactly parallels the ancient scriptural practice of pseudepigraphy whereby a later, undistinguished writer, would hide behind the name of a greater figure of the past, claiming venerable authority for his own innovations. -- Robert M. Price, "About 'The Descent into the Abyss'," The Book of Eibon, 2006
Origin
The noun pseudepigraphy comes from Late Latin pseudepigrapha, a neuter plural adjective (from pseudepigraphus) used as a noun meaning “books or writings falsely titled or attributed to Hebrew writings supposedly composed by biblical patriarchs and prophets.” Pseudepigrapha was borrowed unchanged from the Greek compound adjective pseudepígrapha (from pseudepígraphos), composed of pseudḗs “false” and the Greek combining form -grapha, neuter plural of -graphos “drawn or written.” Pseudepigraphy entered English in the 19th century.
noun
1. the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
Quotes
If de León was the author, his exercise in pseudepigraphy was among the most successful in history. -- Ezra Glinter, "A mysterious medieval text, decrypted," Boston Globe, June 26, 2016 Even this gimmick exactly parallels the ancient scriptural practice of pseudepigraphy whereby a later, undistinguished writer, would hide behind the name of a greater figure of the past, claiming venerable authority for his own innovations. -- Robert M. Price, "About 'The Descent into the Abyss'," The Book of Eibon, 2006
Origin
The noun pseudepigraphy comes from Late Latin pseudepigrapha, a neuter plural adjective (from pseudepigraphus) used as a noun meaning “books or writings falsely titled or attributed to Hebrew writings supposedly composed by biblical patriarchs and prophets.” Pseudepigrapha was borrowed unchanged from the Greek compound adjective pseudepígrapha (from pseudepígraphos), composed of pseudḗs “false” and the Greek combining form -grapha, neuter plural of -graphos “drawn or written.” Pseudepigraphy entered English in the 19th century.
