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| | fallible | (ฟอล'ละเบิล) adj. ซึ่งกระทำผิดได้, ซึ่งถูกหลองลวงได้, ยากที่จะไม่ผิด, ซึ่งย่อมกระทำผิดได้., See also: fallibility n. | | infallible | (อินแฟล'ละเบิล) adj. ไม่รู้จักผิดพลาด, ไม่ทำผิดพลาด, แน่นอนที่สุด. n. บุคคลที่ไม่ทำผิดพลาด, บุคคลที่ถูกตลอด, สิ่งที่ถูกต้องตลอด., See also: infallibility, infallibleness n. infallibly adv., Syn. allwise, unerring |
| | | | | | fallible | (adj) likely to fail or make errors, Ant. infallible, Example: everyone is fallible to some degree | | fallible | (adj) wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings, Syn. frail, weak, imperfect, Example: I'm only a fallible human; frail humanity | | infallible | (adj) incapable of failure or error, Ant. fallible, Example: an infallible antidote; an infallible memory; the Catholic Church considers the Pope infallible; no doctor is infallible |
| | Fallible | a. [ LL. fallibilis, fr. L. fallere to deceive: cf. F. faillible. See Fail. ] Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes are fallible. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Infallible | a. [ Pref. in- not + fallible: cf. F. infallible. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Not liable to fail, deceive, or disappoint; indubitable; sure; certain; as, infallible evidence; infallible success; an infallible remedy. [ 1913 Webster ] To whom also he showed himself alive, after his passion, by many infallible proofs. Acts i. 3. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (R. C. Ch.) Incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals. See Papal infallibility, under Infallibility. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Infallibleness | n. The state or quality of being infallible; infallibility. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Unfallible | a. Infallible. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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