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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary om·ni·scient \\-shənt\\ adjective ETYMOLOGY New Latin omniscient-, omnisciens, back-formation from Medieval Latin omniscientia DATE circa 1604 1. having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight 2. possessed of universal or complete knowledge • om·ni·scient·ly adverb English Etymology omniscient c.1600, from Mod.L. omniscientem (nom. omnisciens); see omniscience. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 omniscient om·nis·ci·ent / Cm5nisiEnt; NAmE B:m- / adjective (formal)knowing everything 无所不知的；全知全能的；博闻广识的: The novel has an omniscient narrator. 这部小说有一个全知全能的敍述者。 • om·nis·ci·ence / -siEns / noun [U] Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged om·ni·scient 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 |
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