inerrant

inerrant
inerrant (adj.) 1650s, in reference to "fixed" stars (as opposed to "wandering" planets), from L. inerrantem (nom. inerrans) "not wandering," from in- "not, opposite of" (see IN- (Cf. in-) (1)) + errans, prp. of errare "to err" (see ERR (Cf. err)).

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