infallible
noun/ɪnˈfælɪbəl/
Etymology
From Medieval Latin infallibilis, from Latin in- + fallibilis. Compare French infaillible. By surface analysis, in- + fallible.
- derived from in-
- borrowed from infallibilis
Definitions
A person who, or an object or process that, is taken as being infallible.
Without fault or weakness
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
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 [...]
The neighborhood
- synonymfaultless
- synonymperfect
- synonymindefective
- synonyminerrant
- antonymfallible
- antonymdefective
- antonymfaultful
- antonymfaulty
- antonymimperfect
- antonymerror-prone
- neighborinfallibility
- neighborinfallibly
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for infallible. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA