Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
Related Searches
on Ask.com
Synonyms
Nearby Entries
infallible - 4 dictionary results

in⋅fal⋅li⋅ble

  [in-fal-uh-buhl]
Use infallible in a Sentence
–adjective
1. absolutely trustworthy or sure: an infallible rule.
2. unfailing in effectiveness or operation; certain: an infallible remedy.
3. not fallible; exempt from liability to error, as persons, their judgment, or pronouncements: an infallible principle.
4. Roman Catholic Church. immune from fallacy or liability to error in expounding matters of faith or morals by virtue of the promise made by Christ to the Church.
–noun
5. an infallible person or thing.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < ML infallibilis. See in- 3 , fallible

Related forms:
in⋅fal⋅li⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, in⋅fal⋅li⋅ble⋅ness, noun
in⋅fal⋅li⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
1, 2. See reliable.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To infallible
in·fal·li·ble   (ĭn-fāl'ə-bəl)   
adj.  
  1. Incapable of erring: an infallible guide; an infallible source of information.
  2. Incapable of failing; certain: an infallible antidote; an infallible rule.
  3. Roman Catholic Church Incapable of error in expounding doctrine on faith or morals.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin īnfallibilis : Latin in-, not; see in-1 + Medieval Latin fallibilis, fallible; see fallible.]
in·fal'li·bil'i·ty, in·fal'li·ble·ness n., in·fal'li·bly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source

Infallible

In*fal"li*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + fallible: cf. F. infallible.]

1. Not fallible; not capable of erring; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; unerring; inerrable. --Dryden.

2. Not liable to fail, deceive, or disappoint; indubitable; sure; certain; as, infallible evidence; infallible success; an infallible remedy.

To whom also he showed himself alive, after his passion, by many infallible proofs. --Acts i. 3.

3. (R. C. Ch.) Incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals. See Papal infallibility, under Infallibility.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
Cite This Source
Language Translation for : infallible
Spanish: infalible,
German: unfehlbar,
Japanese: 間違いのない
More Translations »

infallible 
1491, from M.L. infallibilis, from in- "not" + fallibilis (see fallible). In reference to Popes, attested from 1870.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Search another word or see infallible on Thesaurus | Reference