inerrable

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

inerrable (comparative more inerrable, superlative most inerrable)

  1. Incapable of error; infallible, unerring.
    • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: , 2nd edition, London: A Miller, for Edw Dod and Nath Ekins, , →OCLC:
      We have conviction from reason, or decisions from the inerrable and requisite conditions of sense.
    • 1890, William Ewart Gladstone, The impregnable rock of Holy Scripture:
      Not that their statements are inerrable; but they constitute the best working material in our possession

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References

inerrable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.