Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fallible"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Fallible \Fal"li*ble\, a. [LL. fallibilis, fr. L. fallere to
deceive: cf. F. faillible. See {Fail}.]
Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be
deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes
are fallible.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

fallible
adj 1: likely to fail or be inaccurate; "everyone is fallible to
some degree" [ant: {infallible}]
2: having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine
beings; "I'm only human"; "frail humanity" [syn: {frail},
{imperfect}, {weak}]


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