omni-, omn-

(Latin: all, every)


omnisciently
1. Infinitely wise or regarding a "universal" knowing, or seeming to know everything.
2. A reference to someone having total knowledge.
Omnis cognitio fit a sensibus.
All knowledge comes through the senses. -Lucretius
omniscribent, omniscriptive
Writing on, or about, all subjects.
omnism
Belief in all religions.
omnist
omnitemporal
1. Relating to all times; including in its meaning all of the various tenses.
2. Pertaining to all times.
3. God existing at all times; the eternality of the Supreme Being.
4. A general truth in timeless reality; timeless truth.
5. Existing now, and having a past, present, and future.
6. Existing at every moment of time.
Omnium autem rerum, ex quibus aliquid acquiritur, nihil est agri cultura melius, nihil uberius, nihil dulcius, nihil homini libero dignius.
Of all the occupations in which gain is secured, none is better than agriculture, none more profitable, none more delightful, none more becoming to a freeman.

This motto, written by Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.), is also reproduced in a shorter version in the entrance foyer of the Museum of Hungarian Agriculture: Nihil melius nihil homine libero dignius, quam agricultura.

omniumgatherum
omniverbivorous
A humorous word meaning, “capable of swallowing all words”.
omnivision
omnivoracious
1. Excessively devouring or craving all kinds of food in great quantities.
2. Mentally striving to find and learn all existing forms of information beyond what is considered a normal acquisition: "He had an omnivoracious desire for knowledge about everything; both past and present."
omnivoracity
1. Having an eagerness to consume great amounts of all kinds of food; ravenous.
2. Having or marked by an insatiable appetite for all activities or pursuits; greedy: "She had an omnivoracity which could not be satisfied."
3. Boundless greed for all things: an omnivoracity for history; a gluttonous consumer of fine foods; a rapacious acquirer of competing businesses; a politician who is ravenous for power.
omnivore
Omnivores
Animals, including humans, which eat all kinds of plants and animals in combination or separately.
omnivorous
1. Feeding on a mixed diet of plant and animal material.
2. A diet which consists of a wide variety of foods; such as, insects, leaves, seeds, meat, vegetables, and fruits.
3. Eating all kinds of foods indiscriminately.
4. An animal that will eat any kind or many different kinds of food, including both plants and animals; pantophagous.
5. By extension, anyone who has very wide interests and will read, study, or generally absorb or be interested in just about anything that is available.
6. Taking in everything available, as with the mind: "He was an omnivorous reader."

Pointing to a page about omnivorous eating in China Chinese omnivorous consumption.


Related "all, every" word unit: pan-, panto-.


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