infallible
See also: infal·lible
English
WOTD – 4 March 2010
Etymology
From Medieval Latin infallibilis, from Latin in- + fallibilis. Compare French infaillible. Surface analysis in- + fallible.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈfæl.ɪ.bl̩/
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Noun
infallible (plural infallibles)
- A person who, or an object or process that, is taken as being infallible.
Adjective
infallible (comparative more infallible, superlative most infallible)
- Without fault or weakness; incapable of error or fallacy.
- He knows about many things, but even he is not infallible.
- Certain to produce the intended effect, sure.
- Try this infallible cure for hiccups.
- 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 4, in Frankenstein:
- I see by your eagerness and the wonder and hope which your eyes express, my friend, that you expect to be informed of the secret with which I am acquainted; that cannot be; listen patiently until the end of my story, and you will easily perceive why I am reserved upon that subject. I will not lead you on, unguarded and ardent as I then was, to your destruction and infallible misery.
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Translations
without fault or weakness; incapable of error or fallacy
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