all-knowing
adjEtymology From all- + knowing. Partially a calque of Latin omnisciens (literally “all-knowing”)
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Knowing everything: all facts, all actions taken by everyone, and so on.
- Near-synonyms: all-seeing, omnivident
- She waited on her horse passive and all-knowing.1974, John Boorman, Zardoz, London: Pan Books, page 19:
- Related terms
- omnipotent, all-powerful, omnipresent, ever-present