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81infallible — early 15c., from M.L. infallibilis, from in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + L.L. fallibilis (see FALLIBLE (Cf. fallible)). In reference to Popes, attested from 1870. Related: Infallibly …
82infallible — /ɪnˈfæləbəl / (say in faluhbuhl) adjective 1. not fallible; exempt from liability to error, as persons, their judgement, pronouncements, etc. 2. absolutely trustworthy or sure: an infallible rule. 3. unfailing in operation; certain: an infallible …
83fail — [13] Fail, fallacy [15], fallible, false, and fault all come ultimately from the same source – the Latin verb fallere. This originally meant ‘deceive’, but it developed semantically to ‘deceive someone’s hopes, disappoint someone’, and in its… …
84false — [OE] False appears originally to have been borrowed directly from Latin falsus at the end of the 10th century, but without making much of an impression. It was only in the 12th century that it began being used with any frequency, probably as the… …
85fault — [13] Like fail, fallacy, fallible, and false, fault comes ultimately from Latin fallere ‘deceive, fail’. Its past participle formed the basis of a Vulgar Latin noun *fallita ‘failing, falling short’, which passed into English via Old French faute …
86Errable — Er ra*ble, a. Liable to error; fallible. [1913 Webster] …
87Fallibility — Fal li*bil i*ty, n. The state of being fallible; liability to deceive or to be deceived; as, the fallibity of an argument or of an adviser. [1913 Webster] …
88Fallibly — Fal li*bly, adv. In a fallible manner. [1913 Webster] …
89Uncertain — Un*cer tain, a. [Pref. un + certain. Cf. {Incertain}.] 1. Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Man, without the protection of a superior Being, . . . is uncertain of everything that… …
90errant — adjective Etymology: Middle English erraunt, from Anglo French errant, present participle of errer to err & errer to travel, from Late Latin iterare, from Latin iter road, journey more at itinerant Date: 14th century 1. traveling or given to… …
