omniscientadj.n.

Brit.

/ɒmˈnɪsɪənt/, U.S.

/ɑmˈnɪʃ(ə)nt/

Forms: 1600s omishante (see note below), 1600s– omniscient.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin omniscient-, omnisciens.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin omniscient-, omnisciens all-knowing (from 13th cent. in British sources; compare earlier post-classical Latin omniscius : see omniscious adj.) < classical Latin omni- omni- comb. form + sciēns , present participle of scīre to know (see science n.). Use of post-classical Latin omniscius and omnisciens is variable in later medieval and early modern writers: H. Grotius De Veritate Religionis Christianae (1627) uses both words. Compare earlier omniscious adj.In form omishante, suggesting a 17th-cent. pronunciation with loss of -n-. N.E.D. (1902) gives the pronunciation as (ǫmni·ʃĕnt, -iĕnt) /ɒmˈnɪʃənt/ /-ɪənt/. A pronunciation with /-ʃ-/ is noted in the 17th cent. by Coles, and in many 19th-cent. sources including Perry (1805), Walker (1806), Knowles (1835), Worcester (1860), and Stormonth (1884). However, a pronunciation with /-s-/ seems to emerge as the commonest variant in British English in the early 20th cent. The main pronunciation given in H. Michaelis & D. Jones Phonetic Dict. Eng. Lang. (1913), and in all editions of D. Jones Eng. Pronouncing Dict., has medial /-s-/, although forms with /-ʃ-/ (and /-sj-/) are also noted as less common variants.

A. adj.

a. Esp. of God: all-knowing, having infinite knowledge.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > knowing or omniscient

wittyOE

wisea1325

all-wittya1425

omniscious1588

omniscient1598

all-knowing1759

1598 F. Meres tr. Luis de Granada Sinners Guyde 491 The greatnes of the wisedome and prouidence of the supreame and omniscient workmaister shyned after a singuler and especiall manner.

1657 T. Reeve God's Plea for Nineveh 263 The Omniscient God is not unacquainted with them that are most dear to him, his Elect.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. x. 315 If there be an Eternal, Omniscient, Omnipotent Being, it is certain, that there is a God, whether you imagine that Being to be material, or no.

1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 87 This law th' Omniscient Pow'r was pleas'd to give, That ev'ry Kind should by Succession live.

1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator iv. 201 We have Souls which are in a reality Sparks of the Divine, Omniscient, Omnipresent Being whence we all boast to be deriv'd.

1781 W. Cowper Truth 227 With averted eyes the omniscient Judge Scorns the base hireling.

1816 H. Downing Mary sig. Cviii Our motley creeds, our crude opinions, lie All, all unveil'd to that omniscient eye.

a1856 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks (1857) iv. 154 Inspiration does not make men omniscient.

1895 T. Hardy Jude iv. iii. 275 Had this been a case in the court of an omniscient judge, he might have entered on his notes the curious fact that [etc.].

1925 G. K. Chesterton Everlasting Man ii. iii. 233 But Christ is in another sense omniscient if he not only knows, but knows that he knows.

1957 P. Edwards in P. Edwards & A. Pap Mod. Introd. Philos. 390 The..‘ideal observer’ theory of Adam Smith and others..maintains that ‘X is good’ can be translated into some such statement as ‘If there were an omniscient, disinterested and dispassionate observer he would approve of X’.

1985 M. W. Bonanno Dwellers in Crucible xi. 226 But even a Master is not omniscient.

b. hyperbolically. Having extensive knowledge, or as much knowledge as possible in a certain field or area; very learned or knowledgeable; knowing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [adjective] > of persons

universal1485

all-knowing1507

omniscious1588

pancratic1645

know-all1708

omniscienta1711

polymathic1754

omni-erudite1835

polyhistoric1878

polymath1881

know-it-all1883

know-all-about-it1887

pointy-head1960

pointy-headed1968

a1711 T. Ken Edmund vi, in Wks. (1721) II. 160 Happy the Prince..Who is omniscient in his Royal sphere, By a diffus'd intelligencing Ear.

1793 J. Boswell Life Johnson (ed. 2) anno 1776 II. 381 (note) A gentleman..from his extraordinary stores of knowledge, has been stiled omniscient.

1823 C. Lamb Old & New Schoolmaster in Elia 119 The modern schoolmaster..must be superficially, if I may so say, omniscient.

1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe iv. 223 I was roused by a very pleasant meeting with the most omniscient of mountaineers.

1898 Dict. National Biogr. at Turner, Sharon The work elicited from the omniscient Southey the opinion ‘that so much information was probably never laid before the public in one historical publication’.

1921 J. Conrad Secret Agent Pref., in Wks. VIII. p. xii My friend..remarked in his characteristically casual and omniscient manner, ‘Oh, that fellow was half an idiot.’

1966 P. Bowles Up above World ii. xv. 88 Her basic expression was always the same, cunning and omniscient, with an undertone of implicit menace.

1982 Raritan Winter 11 There was an arrested flow and a disquieting residue of omniscient disdain.

2. Literary Theory. Of an author, narrator, etc.: having omniscience (omniscience n. 2).

ΚΠ

1921 P. Lubbock Craft of Fiction viii. 115 As soon as the story goes off again into narrative a question at once arises. Who is disposing the scattered facts, whose is this new point of view? It is the omniscient author, and the point of view is his.

1955 L. Edel Psychol. Novel i. 15 The author [is] constantly telling the story and omniscient to the extent of knowing everything about his characters.

1991 E. J. Smyth Postmodernism & Contemp. Fiction v. 94 A consequence of the demise of the traditional, omniscient narrator is that the new narrative invites, and requires, the active participation of the reader.

B. n.

An omniscient being; spec. (with the) God. Also: a person who knows everything; a person who claims or is said to be omniscient. Cf. omniscience n. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > wise man, sage > [noun] > knowing everything

all-knowing1507

omniscient1710

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [noun] > possession of > one who has or claims

polyhistor1588

omniscian1593

walking dictionary1609

polymathist1621

polymath1624

callent1637

polyhistorian1669

at-all1672

omniscient1710

universalist1713

dictionary1734

know-all1800

Crichton1807

pantologist1840

pansophist1864

encyclopaedist1871

know-it-all1873

omniscientist1932

pointy-head1969

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > according to other attributes

horn of salvation (health)c825

fatherOE

Our FatherOE

leecha1200

searcher of (men's) heartsa1382

untempter1382

headstone of the cornerc1400

Valentinec1450

illuminator1485

sun?1521

righteous maker1535

shepherd1535

verity1535

strengthener1567

gracer1592

heart-searcher1618

heartbreaker1642

sustainera1680

philanthropist1730

the invisible1781

praise1782

All-Father1814

wisdom1855

omniscient1856

engracer1866

inbreather1873

God of the gaps1933

the great —— in the sky1968

1710 E. Ward Vulgus Britannicus 1st Pt. 20 Their Zeal inclin'd them to espouse, Believing they had Pow'r sufficient Giv'n 'em long since by the Omniscient.

1761 J. Hawkesworth Almoran & Hamet I. i. 1 He, who has appointed to each his portion, is God; the Omniscient and the Almighty, who fills eternity, and whose existence is from Himself!

1794 S. T. Coleridge Destiny of Nations iv Those blind omniscients.

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad ix. 326 Close labyrinth'd here the feign'd Omniscient dwells.

1829 J. Miller Sibyl's Leaves I. 288 What can an Omnipotent find in the possession of his power, an Omniscient in the possession of his wisdom, but that love [etc.]?

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics II. xii. 278 This divine order, which the Omniscient hath established and maintains.

1899 Econ. Jrnl. 9 84 Besides, its omnipotence would necessitate a council of omniscients, if it was not to result in chaos.

1929 R. Bridges Test. Beauty in Poet. Wks. (1936) 614 The inconscient mind..is yet some sort nearer to the omniscient than man's unperfect Reason.

1986 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. A. 149 310 That omniscients are hard to find and that decisions are made in highly politicized environments only make the situation more difficult.

Derivatives

† omniscientness n. Obsolete rare = omniscience n.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Omniscientness, knowledge of all Things.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	omniscient
释义	omniscientadj.n. Brit. /ɒmˈnɪsɪənt/, U.S. /ɑmˈnɪʃ(ə)nt/ Forms: 1600s omishante (see note below), 1600s– omniscient. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin omniscient-, omnisciens. Etymology: < post-classical Latin omniscient-, omnisciens all-knowing (from 13th cent. in British sources; compare earlier post-classical Latin omniscius : see omniscious adj.) < classical Latin omni- omni- comb. form + sciēns , present participle of scīre to know (see science n.). Use of post-classical Latin omniscius and omnisciens is variable in later medieval and early modern writers: H. Grotius De Veritate Religionis Christianae (1627) uses both words. Compare earlier omniscious adj.In form omishante, suggesting a 17th-cent. pronunciation with loss of -n-. N.E.D. (1902) gives the pronunciation as (ǫmni·ʃĕnt, -iĕnt) /ɒmˈnɪʃənt/ /-ɪənt/. A pronunciation with /-ʃ-/ is noted in the 17th cent. by Coles, and in many 19th-cent. sources including Perry (1805), Walker (1806), Knowles (1835), Worcester (1860), and Stormonth (1884). However, a pronunciation with /-s-/ seems to emerge as the commonest variant in British English in the early 20th cent. The main pronunciation given in H. Michaelis & D. Jones Phonetic Dict. Eng. Lang. (1913), and in all editions of D. Jones Eng. Pronouncing Dict., has medial /-s-/, although forms with /-ʃ-/ (and /-sj-/) are also noted as less common variants. A. adj. 1. a. Esp. of God: all-knowing, having infinite knowledge. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > knowing or omniscient wittyOE wisea1325 all-wittya1425 omniscious1588 omniscient1598 all-knowing1759 1598 F. Meres tr. Luis de Granada Sinners Guyde 491 The greatnes of the wisedome and prouidence of the supreame and omniscient workmaister shyned after a singuler and especiall manner. 1657 T. Reeve God's Plea for Nineveh 263 The Omniscient God is not unacquainted with them that are most dear to him, his Elect. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. x. 315 If there be an Eternal, Omniscient, Omnipotent Being, it is certain, that there is a God, whether you imagine that Being to be material, or no. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 87 This law th' Omniscient Pow'r was pleas'd to give, That ev'ry Kind should by Succession live. 1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator iv. 201 We have Souls which are in a reality Sparks of the Divine, Omniscient, Omnipresent Being whence we all boast to be deriv'd. 1781 W. Cowper Truth 227 With averted eyes the omniscient Judge Scorns the base hireling. 1816 H. Downing Mary sig. Cviii Our motley creeds, our crude opinions, lie All, all unveil'd to that omniscient eye. a1856 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks (1857) iv. 154 Inspiration does not make men omniscient. 1895 T. Hardy Jude iv. iii. 275 Had this been a case in the court of an omniscient judge, he might have entered on his notes the curious fact that [etc.]. 1925 G. K. Chesterton Everlasting Man ii. iii. 233 But Christ is in another sense omniscient if he not only knows, but knows that he knows. 1957 P. Edwards in P. Edwards & A. Pap Mod. Introd. Philos. 390 The..‘ideal observer’ theory of Adam Smith and others..maintains that ‘X is good’ can be translated into some such statement as ‘If there were an omniscient, disinterested and dispassionate observer he would approve of X’. 1985 M. W. Bonanno Dwellers in Crucible xi. 226 But even a Master is not omniscient. b. hyperbolically. Having extensive knowledge, or as much knowledge as possible in a certain field or area; very learned or knowledgeable; knowing. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [adjective] > of persons universal1485 all-knowing1507 omniscious1588 pancratic1645 know-all1708 omniscienta1711 polymathic1754 omni-erudite1835 polyhistoric1878 polymath1881 know-it-all1883 know-all-about-it1887 pointy-head1960 pointy-headed1968 a1711 T. Ken Edmund vi, in Wks. (1721) II. 160 Happy the Prince..Who is omniscient in his Royal sphere, By a diffus'd intelligencing Ear. 1793 J. Boswell Life Johnson (ed. 2) anno 1776 II. 381 (note) A gentleman..from his extraordinary stores of knowledge, has been stiled omniscient. 1823 C. Lamb Old & New Schoolmaster in Elia 119 The modern schoolmaster..must be superficially, if I may so say, omniscient. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe iv. 223 I was roused by a very pleasant meeting with the most omniscient of mountaineers. 1898 Dict. National Biogr. at Turner, Sharon The work elicited from the omniscient Southey the opinion ‘that so much information was probably never laid before the public in one historical publication’. 1921 J. Conrad Secret Agent Pref., in Wks. VIII. p. xii My friend..remarked in his characteristically casual and omniscient manner, ‘Oh, that fellow was half an idiot.’ 1966 P. Bowles Up above World ii. xv. 88 Her basic expression was always the same, cunning and omniscient, with an undertone of implicit menace. 1982 Raritan Winter 11 There was an arrested flow and a disquieting residue of omniscient disdain. 2. Literary Theory. Of an author, narrator, etc.: having omniscience (omniscience n. 2). ΚΠ 1921 P. Lubbock Craft of Fiction viii. 115 As soon as the story goes off again into narrative a question at once arises. Who is disposing the scattered facts, whose is this new point of view? It is the omniscient author, and the point of view is his. 1955 L. Edel Psychol. Novel i. 15 The author [is] constantly telling the story and omniscient to the extent of knowing everything about his characters. 1991 E. J. Smyth Postmodernism & Contemp. Fiction v. 94 A consequence of the demise of the traditional, omniscient narrator is that the new narrative invites, and requires, the active participation of the reader. B. n. An omniscient being; spec. (with the) God. Also: a person who knows everything; a person who claims or is said to be omniscient. Cf. omniscience n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > wise man, sage > [noun] > knowing everything all-knowing1507 omniscient1710 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > large amount of knowledge > [noun] > possession of > one who has or claims polyhistor1588 omniscian1593 walking dictionary1609 polymathist1621 polymath1624 callent1637 polyhistorian1669 at-all1672 omniscient1710 universalist1713 dictionary1734 know-all1800 Crichton1807 pantologist1840 pansophist1864 encyclopaedist1871 know-it-all1873 omniscientist1932 pointy-head1969 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > according to other attributes horn of salvation (health)c825 fatherOE Our FatherOE leecha1200 searcher of (men's) heartsa1382 untempter1382 headstone of the cornerc1400 Valentinec1450 illuminator1485 sun?1521 righteous maker1535 shepherd1535 verity1535 strengthener1567 gracer1592 heart-searcher1618 heartbreaker1642 sustainera1680 philanthropist1730 the invisible1781 praise1782 All-Father1814 wisdom1855 omniscient1856 engracer1866 inbreather1873 God of the gaps1933 the great —— in the sky1968 1710 E. Ward Vulgus Britannicus 1st Pt. 20 Their Zeal inclin'd them to espouse, Believing they had Pow'r sufficient Giv'n 'em long since by the Omniscient. 1761 J. Hawkesworth Almoran & Hamet I. i. 1 He, who has appointed to each his portion, is God; the Omniscient and the Almighty, who fills eternity, and whose existence is from Himself! 1794 S. T. Coleridge Destiny of Nations iv Those blind omniscients. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad ix. 326 Close labyrinth'd here the feign'd Omniscient dwells. 1829 J. Miller Sibyl's Leaves I. 288 What can an Omnipotent find in the possession of his power, an Omniscient in the possession of his wisdom, but that love [etc.]? 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics II. xii. 278 This divine order, which the Omniscient hath established and maintains. 1899 Econ. Jrnl. 9 84 Besides, its omnipotence would necessitate a council of omniscients, if it was not to result in chaos. 1929 R. Bridges Test. Beauty in Poet. Wks. (1936) 614 The inconscient mind..is yet some sort nearer to the omniscient than man's unperfect Reason. 1986 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. A. 149 310 That omniscients are hard to find and that decisions are made in highly politicized environments only make the situation more difficult. Derivatives † omniscientness n. Obsolete rare = omniscience n.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Omniscientness, knowledge of all Things. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1598
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