adj.
- Capable of making an error: Humans are only fallible.
- Tending or likely to be erroneous: fallible hypotheses.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin fallibilis, from Latin fallere, to deceive.]
fallibility fal'li·bil'i·ty or fal'li·ble·ness n.fallibly fal'li·bly adv.
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