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单词 errable
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errableadj.

/ˈɛrəb(ə)l/
Etymology: < err v. + -able suffix.
archaic. rare.
Fallible, liable to err.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective] > liable to err
falliblec1425
errable1665
1665 J. Sergeant Sure-footing in Christianity 217 Experience teaching that men..are errable.
?1705 E. Hickeringill Vindic. Char. Priest-craft 13 The punishment of Schismaticks, that are deserters from an errable Church, is unaccountable Nonsence.
1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ Pref. 8 Very errable and uninspir'd Penman.
a1718 W. Penn Tracts in Wks. (1726) I. 604 Man is Errable.
1741 G. Berkeley Let. 7 June in Wks. (1871) IV. 272 We hold all mankind to be peccable and errable, even the Pope himself.
1839 J. Rogers Antipopopriestian ii. ii. 116 Errable, liable to mistake.

Derivatives

ˈerrableness n. Obsolete liability to error.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [noun] > liability to err
fallibility1608
slipperiness1612
fallacy1651
errableness1654
errability?1706
1654 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia: 2nd Pt. iv. §4 Considering the errableness of our judgments, when extended to foreign and remote subjects.
1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety xvii. 389 The Errableness of our Nature.
1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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