omniscient
adjective
Ira Konigsberg
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What is the origin of omniscient?
One who is omniscient literally knows all. The word omniscient traces back to two Latin roots: omni-, meaning "all" or "universally," and the noun scientia, meaning "knowledge." You will recognize omni- as the prefix that tells all in such words as omnivorous ("eating all," or in actual use, "eating both plants and animals") and omnipotent ("all-powerful"). Scientia comes from the Latin verb scīre, meaning "to know," which likewise has a number of other knowledge-related descendants in English, including conscience, science, and prescience (meaning "foreknowledge").
Examples of omniscient in a Sentence
Keaton Bell, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
Narrators that seemed close have proved omniscient: Catherine spilling what’s inside Robert’s head and what’s inside her son’s flat, where she’s surely never invited.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
Amodei’s and Hassabis’s visions that omniscient computer programs will soon end all disease is worth any amount of spending today.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
So does narration that alternates between the main characters and an omniscient author, using first, second or third person singular, depending.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Omniscient.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/omniscient. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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from modern Latin omniscient-, omnisciens "knowing all things, all-knowing," derived from omni- (from omnis "all") and scient-, sciens "knowing," from scire "to know" — related to science
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