fallible \FAL-uh-bul\ adjective
1 : liable to be erroneous
*2 : capable of making a mistake
Example sentence:
As a little girl, Lucy idolized her father and believed he was always right, but as she got older, she realized that he was a fallible person who made mistakes like everyone else.
Did you know?
"Errare humanum est." That Latin expression translates into English as "To err is human." Of course, cynics might say that it is also human to deceive. The word "fallible" simultaneously recognizes both of these human character flaws. In modern usage, it refers to one's ability to err, but it descends from the Latin verb "fallere," which means "to deceive." "Fallible" has been used to describe the potential for error since at least the 15th century. Other descendants of the deceptive "fallere" in English, all of which actually predate "fallible," include "fallacy" (the earliest, now obsolete, meaning was "guile, trickery"), "fault," "false," and even "fail" and "failure."
Humans are insanely fallible. We screw up everything all the time! It's funny that we have forgotten that in our day to day lives.
Anyways, it's almost time for me to be in class... So, have fun, take care and uhhh.. ya. stay outta the poision oak and don't eat the red elderberry tree! Any part of it! I'll post more and catch up with ya'll once life shows down abit.
~Fig
1 : liable to be erroneous
*2 : capable of making a mistake
Example sentence:
As a little girl, Lucy idolized her father and believed he was always right, but as she got older, she realized that he was a fallible person who made mistakes like everyone else.
Did you know?
"Errare humanum est." That Latin expression translates into English as "To err is human." Of course, cynics might say that it is also human to deceive. The word "fallible" simultaneously recognizes both of these human character flaws. In modern usage, it refers to one's ability to err, but it descends from the Latin verb "fallere," which means "to deceive." "Fallible" has been used to describe the potential for error since at least the 15th century. Other descendants of the deceptive "fallere" in English, all of which actually predate "fallible," include "fallacy" (the earliest, now obsolete, meaning was "guile, trickery"), "fault," "false," and even "fail" and "failure."
Humans are insanely fallible. We screw up everything all the time! It's funny that we have forgotten that in our day to day lives.
Anyways, it's almost time for me to be in class... So, have fun, take care and uhhh.. ya. stay outta the poision oak and don't eat the red elderberry tree! Any part of it! I'll post more and catch up with ya'll once life shows down abit.
~Fig
mikedawg13:
I saw your name and wondered if it had anything to do with Disney...Funny you write in my journal after i was questioning that, very odd...
Disney is the greatest!
mikedawg13:
That homework...hahaaa has yet to be touched...I'm sure i'll get to some of it tonight...HOPEFULLY.