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Definition of omniscient adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

omniscient

adjective
 
/ɒmˈnɪsiənt/
 
/ɑːmˈnɪʃənt/
(formal)
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  1. knowing everything
    • The novel has an omniscient narrator.
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin omniscient- ‘all-knowing’, based on scire ‘to know’.
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