inerrable

adj

inerrable

adj

/ɪnˈɜːɹəbəl/

Etymology From Latin inerrabilis. Compare Portuguese inerrável. See in- (“not”) + err + -able.

1

Incapable of error; infallible, unerring.

  • We have conviction from reason, or decisions from the inerrable and requisite conditions of sense.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
  • Not that their statements are inerrable; but they constitute the best working material in our possession1890, William Ewart Gladstone, The impregnable rock of Holy Scripture:
Derived terms
inerrableness, inerrably

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