*Adjective - late [[Latin ]] fallibilis, f. fallere to deceive:
*Adjective - late [[Latin ]] fallibilis, f. fallere to deceive:
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: (BLE - a. OF. -ble: L. -bilem, nom. -bili-s, suffix forming verbal adjs., with the sense ‘given to, tending to, like to, fit to, able to.) Cf. F. faillible.
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: (BLE - a. OF. -ble: L. -bilem, nom. -bili-s, suffix forming verbal adjs., with the [[sense]] ‘given to, tending to, like to, fit to, able to.) Cf. F. faillible.
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The L. word appears in Papias (11th c.) with the active sense ‘deceitful’; in late med.L. it has the passive sense ‘deceivable’.]
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The L. [[word]] appears in Papias (11th c.) with the active sense ‘deceitful’; in late med.L. it has the passive sense ‘deceivable’.]
==Definitions==
==Definitions==
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*1. Of persons or their faculties: Liable to be deceived or mistaken; liable to err.
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*1. Of [[persons]] or their faculties: Liable to be deceived or mistaken; liable to err.
*2. Of rules, opinions, arguments, etc.: Liable to be erroneous, unreliable.
*2. Of rules, opinions, arguments, etc.: Liable to be erroneous, unreliable.