INFALLIBLE


Meaning of INFALLIBLE in English

/ ɪnˈfæləbl; NAmE / adjective

1.

never wrong; never making mistakes :

infallible advice

Doctors are not infallible.

OPP fallible

2.

that never fails; always doing what it is supposed to do :

an infallible method of memorizing things

►  in·fal·li·bil·ity / ɪnˌfæləˈbɪləti; NAmE / noun [ U ]:

papal infallibility

►  in·fal·libly / -əbli; NAmE / adverb

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WORD ORIGIN

late 15th cent.: from French infaillible or late Latin infallibilis , from in- not + Latin fallere deceive.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.