omniscient

Etymology

From Medieval Latin omnisciens (“all-knowing”), from Latin omnis (“all”) + sciens (“knowing”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒmˈnɪsɪənt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑmˈnɪʃənt/
• Rhymes: -ʃənt

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Adjective

omniscient (not comparable)

1. Having total knowledge.

   The story was narrated from an omniscient point of view.

   The Abrahamic God is omniscient.

Noun

omniscient (plural omniscients)

1. One who has total knowledge.
   • Samuel Taylor Coleridge

     These are the Ignorant Omniscients to make place for whom we are exhorted by modern sages to exclude our God and Untenant the Universe.

Further reading

• omniscient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• omniscient in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• omniscient at OneLook Dictionary Search

Adjective

omniscient (masculine and feminine plural omniscients)

1. omniscient

Etymology

From Medieval Latin omnisciens (“all-knowing”), from Latin omnis (“all”) + sciens (“knowing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔm.ni.sjɑ̃/

Adjective

omniscient (feminine singular omnisciente, masculine plural omniscients, feminine plural omniscientes)

1. omniscient

Further reading

• “omniscient” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From French omniscient, from Medieval Latin omnisciens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌom.ni.st͡ʃiˈent/
• Hyphenation: om‧ni‧sci‧ent

Adjective

omniscient m, n (feminine singular omniscientă, masculine plural omniscienți, feminine and neuter plural omnisciente)

1. omniscient

References

• omniscient in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2018