Word of the Day
fallible \FAL-uh-bul\,
adjective:
1. Liable to make a mistake.
2. Liable to be inaccurate or erroneous.
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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