fallibleadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈfalᵻbl/, U.S.

/ˈfæləbəl/

Forms: late Middle English–1600s fallyble, late Middle English– fallible, 1500s fallybel, 1500s–1600s fallable.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin fallibilis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin fallibilis deceitful (in an undated glossary; 11th cent. in Papias; 13th cent. in a British source), liable to change, unreliable (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin fallere to deceive (see fail v.) + -bilis -ble suffix.Compare Old French falible (13th cent.; Middle French, French faillible ), Spanish falible (a1658), Portuguese falivel (1694), Italian fallibile (a1342). With form fallable compare -able suffix.

A. adj.

1. Of a person, a person's faculties or senses, etc.: liable to be deceived or mistaken; capable of error.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adjective] > liable to be deceived

falliblec1425

deceivable1646

deceptible1646

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective] > liable to err

falliblec1425

errable1665

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 2929 (MED) I suppose hir konnynge was fallible.

1564 T. Dorman Proufe Certeyne Articles in Relig. f. 73^v O notable faithe to becompared with the grayne of a mustered seede, whose guydes the eyes and other fallible senses be.

1657 T. Aylesbury Treat. Confession of Sinne vii. 135 He is fallible, and often erring in judgment.

1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) xxxiii. 364 An Authority to which no fallible Body of men can have a Right.

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. p. xxii Our Duty..is..set before us in the brightest Light, while theirs is to be groped out by the dark Glimmerings of very fallible Reason.

1763 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1831) I. 391 A fallible being will fail somewhere.

1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity IV. ix. ii. 33 The Papal power..the representative of fallible man rather than of the infallible God.

1881 W. Collins Black Robe i. iii. 142 These rebuffs are wholesome reminders of his fallible human nature.

1956 Mil. Affairs 20 235/2 Those few instances where his judgment was fallible.

1988 F. Crick What Mad Pursuit (1990) xii. 128 This..suggested to some people that I must be conceited, but the real explanation was that I have a rather fallible memory.

2002 Science 11 Jan. 281/1 Although science and technology have made us more powerful than ever, there is no reason to suspect that we are now any less fallible than before.

a. Of an observation, opinion, rule, argument, etc.: liable to be erroneous; that cannot be relied on with certainty.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective]

unsicker?c1225

uncertaina1382

unsadc1384

untristya1387

untrustya1387

unsurec1412

falliblec1425

slipperc1430

ficklea1450

frivol1488

slidder?a1500

casuala1535

slippery1548

slippy1548

failable1561

doubtful1562

lubricious1584

slope1587

queasy1589

unconfirmedc1592

nice1598

catching1603

loose1603

precary1606

ambiguous1612

treacherous1612

unsafe1615

unsureda1616

precarious1626

lubric1631

dubious1635

lubricous1646

unestablished1646

unfixed1654

unsecure?a1685

unreliable1810

unproven1836

untrustworthy1846

shady1848

wobbly1877

Kaffir1899

independable1921

dodgy1961

temperamental1962

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 3981 (MED) Þis I ensure of heste not fallible.

?c1425 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Royal 17 D.vi) (1860) 103 This worldes joye is transitorie, And the truste on it slipir and fallible.

1534 T. More in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1825) II. 52 The fallible opinion..of lightsome chaungeable peple.

a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 164 This argument..is but a fallable argument.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 171 Do not satisfie your resolution with hopes that are fallible .

1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. 23 The..fallible discourses of man upon the word of God.

1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. ii. 1 Uncertain and fallible Reports.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. viii. 282 The rules,..of preserving health,..are not only fallible and precarious.

1784 J. Carroll Addr. Rom. Catholics Amer. 38 The faith of their successors is left..to be modelled upon their own fallible interpretation of scripture.

1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. iii. iii. 286 A slow and painful process if rightly gone into, and a very fallible one if only partially executed.

1896 O. Winter in New Rev. May 513 The Cinematograph is but realism reduced to other terms, less fallible and more amusing.

1908 Times of India 14 Feb. 6/5 Remembering the very fallible means employed to strike the gong, it would be obviously absurd to expect anything approximating correct time.

1965 Times 22 Mar. 11/5 He complains that the A-level examination..is fallible as a prognostic.

2010 Sunday Independent (Ireland) (Nexis) 13 June All tests are fallible and carry small but real dangers of misdiagnosis.

†b. That cannot be determined with certainty. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective] > incapable of being decided

indeterminable1611

undeterminablea1639

undecidable1640

inconcludinga1644

indijudicable1660

undecisive1661

fallible1664

inconcludent1671

inconclusive1700

indecisive1726

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iii. 166 This Angle of Variation being quite fallible, and alwayes variable.

†3. Fallacious, delusory, deceptive. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [adjective]

lyinga1225

deceptoryc1430

mockinga1529

sleight1533

prestigious?1534

illudinga1547

fallible1552

delusory1588

prestigiatory1588

illusory1599

delusive1607

deceptiousa1616

deludinga1616

flatteringa1616

delusorious1625

fallacious1626

ludificatorya1677

illusive1679

will-o'-the-wisp1682

prestigiating1716

shama1721

false1768

deceptitious1827

deceptional1830

phantasm1834

will-o'-the-wispish1842

will-o'-the-wispy1857

illusionistic1911

illusional1942

1552 [implied in: R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Fallably, subdole.].

1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 176 Suche waters..make a fallible [L. fucatam] image of youth.

1595 R. Parry Moderatus i. sig. A3 O ye heauens..haue you at last..vouchsafed to send some intermission to my griefes? or els..haue intruded this fallible illusion to my sight, to feede me with a little vaine hope?

B. n.

A fallible person or thing.rare until late 20th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [noun] > one who errs

convict1581

fallible?1706

1666 M. Poole Nullity Romish Faith viii. 220 Then there must be another device, a coalition of Pope and Councell... And thus they have devised an Infallibility, made of a commixtion of two Fallibles.

?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. i. 5 She [sc. Queen Elizabeth] over-lived this Infallible Fallible [sc. Pope Pius V].

1846 G. S. Faber Lett. Tractarian Secession Popery 164 All these fallibles are added up together in one sum which shall collectively constitute the Church.

1952 N. A. Barack (title) Faith for fallibles.

1961 M. Parr James Joyce viii. 127 The human fallibles, Lyster, the Quaker, and John Eglinton, the Protestant.

2004 ‘Kufrproof’ 24 Sept. in www.shiachat.com (Internet Archive Wayback Machine 11 Oct. 2004) How can 150,000 fallibles equal 1 infallible?!

Derivatives

ˈfallibleness n. = fallibility n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun]

unsadnessc1384

slipperness1401

slithernessa1492

untrust1563

lubricity1613

slipperinessa1618

fallacy1646

fallibleness1646

inevidence1658

undeterminationa1676

unevidencea1676

infidelity1777

untrustworthiness1808

unreliability1809

unreliableness1844

1646 S. Eaton & T. Taylor Def. Sundry Positions (new ed.) 17 We addressed our selves to discover the weaknesse and falliblenesse of all these Exceptions.

1711 R. Greene Demonstr. Truth Christian Relig. 200 What are they..but undeniable Examples of the Fallibleness even of that which is pretended to be no less than Mathematick and uncontroulable Evidence?

1830 W. E. Channing Disc., Rev., & Misc. Pref. p. v Deeply conscious of my fallibleness, I wish none of my opinions to be taken on trust.

1972 M. B. Mahowald Idealistic Pragmatism 150 The motivation..was..in keeping with Royce's consistent awareness of human fallibleness and limitation.

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

单词	fallible
释义	fallibleadj.n. Brit. /ˈfalᵻbl/, U.S. /ˈfæləbəl/ Forms: late Middle English–1600s fallyble, late Middle English– fallible, 1500s fallybel, 1500s–1600s fallable. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin fallibilis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin fallibilis deceitful (in an undated glossary; 11th cent. in Papias; 13th cent. in a British source), liable to change, unreliable (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin fallere to deceive (see fail v.) + -bilis -ble suffix.Compare Old French falible (13th cent.; Middle French, French faillible ), Spanish falible (a1658), Portuguese falivel (1694), Italian fallibile (a1342). With form fallable compare -able suffix. A. adj. 1. Of a person, a person's faculties or senses, etc.: liable to be deceived or mistaken; capable of error. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adjective] > liable to be deceived falliblec1425 deceivable1646 deceptible1646 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective] > liable to err falliblec1425 errable1665 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 2929 (MED) I suppose hir konnynge was fallible. 1564 T. Dorman Proufe Certeyne Articles in Relig. f. 73^v O notable faithe to becompared with the grayne of a mustered seede, whose guydes the eyes and other fallible senses be. 1657 T. Aylesbury Treat. Confession of Sinne vii. 135 He is fallible, and often erring in judgment. 1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) xxxiii. 364 An Authority to which no fallible Body of men can have a Right. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. p. xxii Our Duty..is..set before us in the brightest Light, while theirs is to be groped out by the dark Glimmerings of very fallible Reason. 1763 S. Johnson in J. Boswell Life Johnson (1831) I. 391 A fallible being will fail somewhere. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity IV. ix. ii. 33 The Papal power..the representative of fallible man rather than of the infallible God. 1881 W. Collins Black Robe i. iii. 142 These rebuffs are wholesome reminders of his fallible human nature. 1956 Mil. Affairs 20 235/2 Those few instances where his judgment was fallible. 1988 F. Crick What Mad Pursuit (1990) xii. 128 This..suggested to some people that I must be conceited, but the real explanation was that I have a rather fallible memory. 2002 Science 11 Jan. 281/1 Although science and technology have made us more powerful than ever, there is no reason to suspect that we are now any less fallible than before. 2. a. Of an observation, opinion, rule, argument, etc.: liable to be erroneous; that cannot be relied on with certainty. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective] unsicker?c1225 uncertaina1382 unsadc1384 untristya1387 untrustya1387 unsurec1412 falliblec1425 slipperc1430 ficklea1450 frivol1488 slidder?a1500 casuala1535 slippery1548 slippy1548 failable1561 doubtful1562 lubricious1584 slope1587 queasy1589 unconfirmedc1592 nice1598 catching1603 loose1603 precary1606 ambiguous1612 treacherous1612 unsafe1615 unsureda1616 precarious1626 lubric1631 dubious1635 lubricous1646 unestablished1646 unfixed1654 unsecure?a1685 unreliable1810 unproven1836 untrustworthy1846 shady1848 wobbly1877 Kaffir1899 independable1921 dodgy1961 temperamental1962 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. l. 3981 (MED) Þis I ensure of heste not fallible. ?c1425 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Royal 17 D.vi) (1860) 103 This worldes joye is transitorie, And the truste on it slipir and fallible. 1534 T. More in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1825) II. 52 The fallible opinion..of lightsome chaungeable peple. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 164 This argument..is but a fallable argument. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 171 Do not satisfie your resolution with hopes that are fallible . View more context for this quotation 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. 23 The..fallible discourses of man upon the word of God. View more context for this quotation 1677 W. Hubbard Narr. Troubles with Indians New-Eng. ii. 1 Uncertain and fallible Reports. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. viii. 282 The rules,..of preserving health,..are not only fallible and precarious. 1784 J. Carroll Addr. Rom. Catholics Amer. 38 The faith of their successors is left..to be modelled upon their own fallible interpretation of scripture. 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. iii. iii. 286 A slow and painful process if rightly gone into, and a very fallible one if only partially executed. 1896 O. Winter in New Rev. May 513 The Cinematograph is but realism reduced to other terms, less fallible and more amusing. 1908 Times of India 14 Feb. 6/5 Remembering the very fallible means employed to strike the gong, it would be obviously absurd to expect anything approximating correct time. 1965 Times 22 Mar. 11/5 He complains that the A-level examination..is fallible as a prognostic. 2010 Sunday Independent (Ireland) (Nexis) 13 June All tests are fallible and carry small but real dangers of misdiagnosis. †b. That cannot be determined with certainty. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > [adjective] > incapable of being decided indeterminable1611 undeterminablea1639 undecidable1640 inconcludinga1644 indijudicable1660 undecisive1661 fallible1664 inconcludent1671 inconclusive1700 indecisive1726 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. iii. 166 This Angle of Variation being quite fallible, and alwayes variable. †3. Fallacious, delusory, deceptive. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [adjective] lyinga1225 deceptoryc1430 mockinga1529 sleight1533 prestigious?1534 illudinga1547 fallible1552 delusory1588 prestigiatory1588 illusory1599 delusive1607 deceptiousa1616 deludinga1616 flatteringa1616 delusorious1625 fallacious1626 ludificatorya1677 illusive1679 will-o'-the-wisp1682 prestigiating1716 shama1721 false1768 deceptitious1827 deceptional1830 phantasm1834 will-o'-the-wispish1842 will-o'-the-wispy1857 illusionistic1911 illusional1942 1552 [implied in: R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Fallably, subdole.]. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 176 Suche waters..make a fallible [L. fucatam] image of youth. 1595 R. Parry Moderatus i. sig. A3 O ye heauens..haue you at last..vouchsafed to send some intermission to my griefes? or els..haue intruded this fallible illusion to my sight, to feede me with a little vaine hope? B. n. A fallible person or thing.rare until late 20th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [noun] > one who errs convict1581 fallible?1706 1666 M. Poole Nullity Romish Faith viii. 220 Then there must be another device, a coalition of Pope and Councell... And thus they have devised an Infallibility, made of a commixtion of two Fallibles. ?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. i. 5 She [sc. Queen Elizabeth] over-lived this Infallible Fallible [sc. Pope Pius V]. 1846 G. S. Faber Lett. Tractarian Secession Popery 164 All these fallibles are added up together in one sum which shall collectively constitute the Church. 1952 N. A. Barack (title) Faith for fallibles. 1961 M. Parr James Joyce viii. 127 The human fallibles, Lyster, the Quaker, and John Eglinton, the Protestant. 2004 ‘Kufrproof’ 24 Sept. in www.shiachat.com (Internet Archive Wayback Machine 11 Oct. 2004) How can 150,000 fallibles equal 1 infallible?! Derivatives ˈfallibleness n. = fallibility n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun] unsadnessc1384 slipperness1401 slithernessa1492 untrust1563 lubricity1613 slipperinessa1618 fallacy1646 fallibleness1646 inevidence1658 undeterminationa1676 unevidencea1676 infidelity1777 untrustworthiness1808 unreliability1809 unreliableness1844 1646 S. Eaton & T. Taylor Def. Sundry Positions (new ed.) 17 We addressed our selves to discover the weaknesse and falliblenesse of all these Exceptions. 1711 R. Greene Demonstr. Truth Christian Relig. 200 What are they..but undeniable Examples of the Fallibleness even of that which is pretended to be no less than Mathematick and uncontroulable Evidence? 1830 W. E. Channing Disc., Rev., & Misc. Pref. p. v Deeply conscious of my fallibleness, I wish none of my opinions to be taken on trust. 1972 M. B. Mahowald Idealistic Pragmatism 150 The motivation..was..in keeping with Royce's consistent awareness of human fallibleness and limitation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1425
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