infaillible
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Late Latin īnfallibilis. By surface analysis, in- + faillible.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
infaillible (plural infaillibles)
- infallible (without fault or weakness; incapable of error or fallacy)
- Antonym: faillible
- inevitable
- 1685, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Philippe Quinault, Roland:
- Roland est dans ces lieux; c’est un rival terrible;
Et votre perte est infaillible,
Si vous vous exposez à son fatal courroux.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Further reading[edit]
- “infaillible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.