OMNISCIENT


Meaning of OMNISCIENT in English

I. (ˈ) ̷ ̷|nishənt adjective

Etymology: New Latin omniscient-, omnisciens, back-formation from Medieval Latin omniscientia

1. : having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight : knowing all things : infinitely wise

would take an omniscient Deity to know what you're talking about — Edith Wharton

2. : possessed of universal or complete knowledge : exhaustively learned

was as omniscient as the scholarship and science of his day permitted — O.S.J.Gogarty

• om·ni·scient·ly adverb

II. noun

( -s )

1. : a being or person that is omniscient

2. capitalized : god II

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.