omniscient  /ɑm ˈnɪ ʃənt/ ? Meaning of "omniscient"

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Definition(s):

  • (adj) infinitely wise

Usage(s):

  1. This hardly makes him omniscient.
  2. What Obama owes to the omniscient, authoritative voices of James Earl Jones and Morgan Freeman.
  3. The second is a guy called Reverend Robert Short, who channels an omniscient space being named Korton.

Quotes

  1. "Omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient," Socialist opposition leader François Hollande told the National Assembly in July. "The head of state decides everything, speaks about everything, intervenes in everything and evokes nothing."
    on Aug 3, 2007 By: Francois Hollande Source: Washington Post

  2. Reacting to Reformed commentaries that say "all" can't really mean "all men" because if God willed something it would have to happen, Land said, "I believe in a God who is so sovereign and so omniscient that He can break out of Calvin's box .........
    on Nov 25, 2008 By: Richard Land Source: Florida Baptist Witness

  3. "If Goren is Wikipedia, Nichols is the DSM-IV," Mr. Wolf said. "If Vincent is omniscient in terms of facts, Jeff is omniscient psychologically."
    on Apr 18, 2009 By: Dick Wolf Source: New York Times

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