inerrable

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin inerrabilis. Compare Portuguese inerrável. See in- (not) +‎ err +‎ -able.

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inerrable (comparative more inerrable, superlative most inerrable)

  1. Incapable of error; infallible, unerring.
    • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: [], 2nd edition, London: [] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, [], →OCLC:
      We have conviction from reason, or decisions from the inerrable and requisite conditions of sense.
    • 1890, William Ewart Gladstone, The impregnable rock of Holy Scripture:
      Not that their statements are inerrable; but they constitute the best working material in our possession

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inerrable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.