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Traditional English :: infallible
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infalct.html - adj. 1 incapable of error. 2 (of a method, test, proof, etc.) unfailing; sure to succeed. 3 RC Ch. (of the Pope) unable to err in pronouncing dogma as doctrinally defined. infallibility n. infallibly adv. [ME f. F infaillible or LL infallibilis (as IN-(1), FALLIBLE)] |
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Traditional English :: infallible
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infalct.html - adj. 1 incapable of error. 2 (of a method, test, proof, etc.) unfailing; sure to succeed. 3 RC Ch. (of the Pope) unable to err in pronouncing dogma as doctrinally defined. infallibility n. infallibly adv. [ME f. F infaillible or LL infallibilis (as IN-(1), FALLIBLE)] |
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Traditional English :: infamous
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infalct.html - adj. 1 notoriously bad; having a bad reputation. 2 abominable. 3 (in ancient law) deprived of all or some rights of a citizen on account of serious crime. infamously adv. infamy n. (pl. -ies). [ME f. med.L infamosus f. L infamis (as IN-(1), FAME)] |
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Traditional English :: infancy
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infalct.html - n. (pl. -ies) 1 early childhood; babyhood. 2 an early state in the development of an idea, undertaking, etc. 3 Law the state of being a minor. [L infantia (as INFANT)] |
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Traditional English :: infant
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infalct.html - n. 1 a a child during the earliest period of its life. b Brit. a schoolchild below the age of seven years. 2 (esp. attrib.) a thing in an early stage of its development. 3 Law a minor; a person under 18. infant mortality death before the age of one. [ME f. OF enfant f. L infans unable to speak (as IN-(1), fans fantis pres. part. of fari speak)] |
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Traditional English :: infanta
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infalct.html - n. hist. a daughter of the ruling monarch of Spain or Portugal (usu. the eldest daughter who is not heir to the throne). [Sp. & Port., fem. of INFANTE] |
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