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American Heritage Dictionary: omniscient

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American Heritage Dictionary Editors
YEAR
2022
PUBLISHER
HarperCollins
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historical dictionary
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EDGE 166supportsestablished

sciens → scīre

Latin → Latin · inflectional derivation

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Sciens is the present participle of sciō, scīre.
MEANING
The activity of knowing is expressed as “knowing.”
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Merriam-Webster Editors
Headword etymology: sciēns, present participle of scīre

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EDGE 419supportsestablished

omniscient → omniscient-, omnisciēns

Present-Day English → Medieval Latin · borrowing

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English omniscient borrows the learned Latin stem omniscient- with English stress and final-syllable reduction.
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The all-knowing sense is retained and later applied to narrators as well as beings or persons.
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Merriam-Webster · American Heritage editors
Headword etymology: Medieval Latin omnisciēns

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EDGE 421contextestablished

omniscientia → scientia

Medieval Latin → Latin · compound derivation

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Medieval Latin omniscientia combines the all-quantifying omni- element with the scientia knowledge family.
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Knowledge is quantified as complete or universal knowledge.
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Merriam-Webster editors
Headword etymology: omni- plus sciēns

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