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单词 all-witty
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all-wittyadj.

Brit. /ˌɔːlˈwɪti/, U.S. /ˈˌɔlˈwɪdi/, /ˈˌɑlˈwɪdi/
Forms: see all adj., pron., n., adv., and conj. and witty adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: all adv., witty adj.
Etymology: < all adv. + witty adj., after post-classical Latin omnisciens omniscient adj. Compare later all-wise adj.Apparently re-formed in early 20th cent., in quot. 1906 probably after Old Icelandic alfróðr or alvitr, both in sense ‘all-wise’, used as epithets of Odin.
Now rare (poetic in later use).
All-knowing, omniscient. In early use esp. of Christ.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > knowing or omniscient
wittyOE
wisea1325
all-wittya1425
omniscious1588
omniscient1598
all-knowing1759
a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 2 Þe witte of þe Son alwytty.
c1475 (?c1400) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 431 Siþ Crist is al witty, as our feiþ techiþ us.
1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) iii. xix. sig. i.v/2 The seconde commaundement is applyed to the sone alwytty..for he knoweth all.
a1500 Treat. Ghostly Battle in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 425 (MED) Prayeth..to the sone alle-wytty that ye mowe haue wytte and wysdome.
1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. I. ii. 83 Hoarbeard, all-witty Woden, god!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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