infallible
See also: infal·lible
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin infallibilis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin in- + fallibilis. Compare French infaillible.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɪnˈfa.lɪ.b(ə)l/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 291: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɪnˈfæ.lə.bəl/
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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[1]:
- 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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without fault or weakness; incapable of error or fallacy
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