fallableadj.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːləbl/, U.S.

/ˈfɔləb(ə)l/,

/ˈfɑləb(ə)l/

Forms: late Middle English falleable, 1500s fallible, 1500s– fallable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fall v., -able suffix; fall n.², -able suffix.

Etymology: Partly < fall v. + -able suffix, and partly < fall n.² + -able suffix.With the form fallible compare -ible suffix. Most apparent post-18th cent. instances are more likely to be misspellings or typographical errors for fallible adj. or fellable adj.

Now rare.

1. Capable of falling (in various senses); liable to fall.In later use chiefly as a pun on, or creative reinterpretation of, fallible.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [adjective] > liable to fall

fallablec1443

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adjective] > morally weak > liable to sin or err

sprethc1315

amissa1398

fallablec1443

labile1447

peccable1604

lapsable1678

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 57 Euery þing þat is maad out of noon beyng into his beyng is faileable and falleable aȝen into no being or vnbeyng, if he be not..preservid from þilk falle.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxxvij^v The feble foundacion of this fallible buildyng.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. x. sig. Pp.viij/2 Unlesse God had made man fall-able, there had beene no praise of his workes or vertue.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 371 Man, as he was creable, fallable, saveable.

1664 N. Homes Exercitations Extricated ii. i. 27 in Misc. There should be others potentially wicked, that is..in a fallable, and seduceable condition, capable in time to be actually wicked.

1762 G. Cockings War (ed. 2) viii. 182 Tho' thought impregnable, the walls gave way; The mighty Moro, fallable was found; The Ramparts raz'd, and batter'd to the ground.

1892 Presbyterian & Reformed Rev. July 582 The Christian is still ‘fallable’ (able to fall), and may at any time apostatize and be lost.

1960 Corona (Calif.) Daily Independent 11 Jan. 2/1 This ‘free’ moisture must have a nucleus around which to gather until it becomes a fallable drop.

2005 D. C. Downing Into the Wardrobe 74 God bringing into being that which is finite, temporal, fallible, fall-able.

†2. Capable of being subsumed (into a doctrine, philosophy, etc.). Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 305 Circumstauncis longing to þilk comparisoun may in so many wise falle at diuerse tymes, placis and persoons, þat þei ben innumerable..and þerfore not falleable vndir any general doctryne.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fallable
释义	fallableadj. Brit. /ˈfɔːləbl/, U.S. /ˈfɔləb(ə)l/, /ˈfɑləb(ə)l/ Forms: late Middle English falleable, 1500s fallible, 1500s– fallable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fall v., -able suffix; fall n.², -able suffix. Etymology: Partly < fall v. + -able suffix, and partly < fall n.² + -able suffix.With the form fallible compare -ible suffix. Most apparent post-18th cent. instances are more likely to be misspellings or typographical errors for fallible adj. or fellable adj. Now rare. 1. Capable of falling (in various senses); liable to fall.In later use chiefly as a pun on, or creative reinterpretation of, fallible. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [adjective] > liable to fall fallablec1443 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adjective] > morally weak > liable to sin or err sprethc1315 amissa1398 fallablec1443 labile1447 peccable1604 lapsable1678 c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 57 Euery þing þat is maad out of noon beyng into his beyng is faileable and falleable aȝen into no being or vnbeyng, if he be not..preservid from þilk falle. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxxvij^v The feble foundacion of this fallible buildyng. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. x. sig. Pp.viij/2 Unlesse God had made man fall-able, there had beene no praise of his workes or vertue. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 371 Man, as he was creable, fallable, saveable. 1664 N. Homes Exercitations Extricated ii. i. 27 in Misc. There should be others potentially wicked, that is..in a fallable, and seduceable condition, capable in time to be actually wicked. 1762 G. Cockings War (ed. 2) viii. 182 Tho' thought impregnable, the walls gave way; The mighty Moro, fallable was found; The Ramparts raz'd, and batter'd to the ground. 1892 Presbyterian & Reformed Rev. July 582 The Christian is still ‘fallable’ (able to fall), and may at any time apostatize and be lost. 1960 Corona (Calif.) Daily Independent 11 Jan. 2/1 This ‘free’ moisture must have a nucleus around which to gather until it becomes a fallable drop. 2005 D. C. Downing Into the Wardrobe 74 God bringing into being that which is finite, temporal, fallible, fall-able. †2. Capable of being subsumed (into a doctrine, philosophy, etc.). Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 305 Circumstauncis longing to þilk comparisoun may in so many wise falle at diuerse tymes, placis and persoons, þat þei ben innumerable..and þerfore not falleable vndir any general doctryne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1443
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