Definition of omniscient

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om·nis·cient    (m-nshnt) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:

Having total knowledge; knowing everything: an omniscient deity; the omniscient narrator.

NOUN:

1. One having total knowledge.
2. Omniscient God. Used with the.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Medieval Latin omniscins , omniscient- : Latin omni-, omni- + Latin scins , scient- present participle of scre, to know; see skei- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
om·niscience or om·niscien·cy (Noun), om·niscient·ly (Adverb)

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