Words / C2

om-NIS-ee-uh-nt/ɒmˈnɪsiənt/

Omniscient means knowing everything (formal / literary): an omniscient narrator, omniscient about the brief. Knowledgeable is everyday and modest; perspicacious (already in the dictionary) is sharp, not all-seeing. Omniscience is the noun, often of God or of a narrator. Do not perform omniscience from an unopened appendix.

Meaning

Knowing everything (formal / literary).

Examples

• “An omniscient chair still has to open the appendix.”
• “Knowledgeable is everyday. All-knowing is the gloss. Perspicacious is quick to notice (already in C2). A narrator who sees every mind is a technique. A chair who has not opened the CSV is guessing. Rank is not a substitute for the file. Look, then speak.”

Good to know

All-knowing. Everyday: all-knowing / knowledgeable. Close: perspicacious (sharp — already in C2). A title is not a search of the folder.

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