infallible
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/ɪnˈfælɪbəl/
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/ɪnˈfælɪbəl/ · [ɪnˈfælɪbəl] ~ [ɪnˈfælɪbl̩] · /ɪɱˈfælɪbəl/ · [ɪɱˈfælɪbəl] ~ [ɪɱˈfælɪbl̩] · /ɪnˈfæləbəl/ · [ɪnˈfæləbəl] ~ [ɪnˈfæləbl̩] · /ɪɱˈfæləbəl/ · [ɪɱˈfæləbəl] ~ [ɪɱˈfæləbl̩]
Definition of infallible
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- A person who, or an object or process that, is taken as being infallible.
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noun
- A person who, or an object or process that, is taken as being infallible.
adj
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Without fault or weakness; incapable of error or fallacy.
“He knows about many things, but even he is not infallible.”
“That there may be Certainty upon an infallible Evidence in Matters of Science, I readily grant you. But since there once were Scepticks in Philosophy as well as Religion, such as doubted of every thing, I very much question, whether the whole World be agreed in this Point; unless you could assure me, that Race of Seekers is now extinct.”
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Certain to produce the intended effect; sure.
“Try this infallible cure for hiccups.”
“[L]isten patiently [...] 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.”
“In precisely the same way does a quack doctor prescribe his infallible nostrum to every patient, without taking into account differences of constitution, or [...]”
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Etymology
From Medieval Latin infallibilis, from Latin in- + fallibilis. Compare French infaillible. By surface analysis, in- + fallible.
Words you can make from infallible
142 playable · top: FALLIBLE (13 pts)
Best play fallible 13 points8-letter words
1 word7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
16 words5-letter words
20 words4-letter words
49 words- FLAB 9 pts
- ALEF 7 pts
- ALIF 7 pts
- FAIL 7 pts
- FAIN 7 pts
- FALL 7 pts
- FANE 7 pts
- FEAL 7 pts
- FELL 7 pts
- FILA 7 pts
- FILE 7 pts
- FILL 7 pts
- FINE 7 pts
- FLAN 7 pts
- FLEA 7 pts
- LEAF 7 pts
- LIEF 7 pts
- LIFE 7 pts
- NAIF 7 pts
- NEIF 7 pts
- ABLE 6 pts
- BAIL 6 pts
- BALE 6 pts
- BALL 6 pts
- BANE 6 pts
- BANI 6 pts
- BEAL 6 pts
- BEAN 6 pts
- BELL 6 pts
- BILE 6 pts
- BILL 6 pts
- BINE 6 pts
- BLAE 6 pts
- BLIN 6 pts
- NABE 6 pts
- ANIL 4 pts
- ELAN 4 pts
- ILEA 4 pts
- ILIA 4 pts
- INIA 4 pts
- LAIN 4 pts
- LALL 4 pts
- LANE 4 pts
- LEAL 4 pts
- LEAN 4 pts
- LIEN 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
- NAIL 4 pts
- NILL 4 pts
3-letter words
34 words- FAB 8 pts
- FIB 8 pts
- ELF 6 pts
- FAN 6 pts
- FEN 6 pts
- FIE 6 pts
- FIL 6 pts
- FIN 6 pts
- ALB 5 pts
- BAE 5 pts
- BAL 5 pts
- BAN 5 pts
- BEL 5 pts
- BEN 5 pts
- BIN 5 pts
- LAB 5 pts
- LIB 5 pts
- NAB 5 pts
- NEB 5 pts
- NIB 5 pts
- AIL 3 pts
- AIN 3 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALL 3 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ANI 3 pts
- ELL 3 pts
- ILL 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIN 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NIL 3 pts
2-letter words
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