Middle English Dictionary Entry
fallīble adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | fallīble adj. |
| Etymology | ML fallibilis. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Fallible; (b) untrustworthy, unreliable; (c) false, deceptive.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2929 : I suppose hir konnynge was fallible.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.3981 : Þis I ensure of heste not fallible.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.4434 : Ther poweer is nat abidyng, But..slydyng and fallible.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)2867 : Þis worldis ioye is transitorie And þe trust on it slippir and fallible.
c
- a1500 Abbrev.Elucid.(Pen 12)41/5 : Antecriste..schall ouercom moche pepill with his fallible signes and myraclis that he schall schew.
- a1500 Abbrev.Elucid.(Pen 12)41/21 : Ther schall be xl daies of space lafte for suche that were ouercom with the fallible gyles of Antecriste to amende þem.