infallible

adjective

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Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfælɪbəl/ / [ɪnˈfælɪbəl] ~ [ɪnˈfælɪbl̩] / /ɪɱˈfælɪbəl/

Etymology: From Medieval Latin infallibilis, from Latin in- + fallibilis. Compare French infaillible. By surface analysis, in- + fallible.

Without fault or weakness; incapable of error or fallacy.
“He knows about many things, but even he is not infallible.”
“That there may be Certainty upon an infallible Evidence in Matters of Science, I readily grant you. But since there once were Scepticks in Philosophy as well as Religion, such as doubted of every thing, I very much question, whether the whole World be agreed in this Point; unless you could assure me, that Race of Seekers is now extinct.”
Certain to produce the intended effect; sure.
“Try this infallible cure for hiccups.”
“[L]isten patiently [...] and you will easily perceive why I am reserved upon that subject. I will not lead you on, unguarded and ardent as I then was, to your destruction and infallible misery.”
Certain to result from a specific cause; inevitable.
“Paley can only account for this fact by saying that we are constrained by the fear of punishment in a future life, such having been declared to us by revelation to be the infallible result of wrong action.”

Etymology: From Medieval Latin infallibilis, from Latin in- + fallibilis. Compare French infaillible. By surface analysis, in- + fallible.