omniscient (redirected from omnisciently)

om·nis·cient  (m-nshnt)

adj.

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

n.

1. One having total knowledge.

2. Omniscient God. Used with the.

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

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om·niscience, om·niscien·cy n.

om·niscient·ly adv.

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omniscient [om-niss-ee-ent]

Adjective

Formal knowing or seeming to know everything [Latin omnis all + scire to know]

omniscience n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

omniscient - infinitely wise all-knowing wise - having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment"