pseudograph

noun

pseu·​do·​graph

ˈsüdōˌgraf,

-rȧf

: a false writing : a spurious document : forgery, pseudepigraph

pseudographer

süˈdägrəfə(r)

noun

plural -s

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin pseudographus, from Late Greek pseudographos writer of falsehoods, from Greek pseudographein to write false statements, from pseud- + graphein to write

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