单词 | omnitude |
释义 | omnituden. The fact of being all, universality; comprehensiveness. Also: the whole, the sum total. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [noun] > fact or condition of being omneity1638 omnitude1848 1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 329 Holding in itself the omnitude Of Being. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) IV. App. 279 Some, though always in a certain degree indefinite, is definite so far as it excludes omnitude. 1896 Scotsman 25 June 6/2 He spoke..with accuracy, authority, and omnitude of knowledge. 1953 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 43 181 Perhaps no other metropolitan area so reflects American civilization's omnitude. a1956 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Compl. Poems (1993) I. 494 The difference o' the sexes Has practically ceased to exist Tho' humanity still grows in its bland omnitude. 1980 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 26 Aug. 21 The man of His creating, reflecting the divine omnitude, cannot fail to express patience and esteem perfection in every particular. 2011 M. Vassányi Anima Mundi vii. 218 Seneca does not determine if God is a specific part of the world or the organic omnitude of all that there is, he prefers to hold in suspense both these possibilities. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1848 |
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