Word of the Day for Monday November 8, 2004
fallible FAL-uh-bul, adjective:
1. Liable to make a mistake.
2. Liable to be inaccurate or erroneous.But human beings are fallible. We know we all make mistakes.
–Robert S. McNamara, et al., Argument Without End
_________________________________________________________Fallible derives from Medieval Latin fallibilis, from Latin fallere, “to deceive.” It is related to fail, false (from falsum, the past participle of fallere), fallacy (“a false notion”), fault (from Old French falte, from fallere), and faucet (from Old Provençal falsar, “to falsify, to create a fault in, to bore through,” from fallere).
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