omnific

English

WOTD – 27 November 2006

Alternative forms

Etymology

From omni- +‎ Latin facere (“to make or do”), modelled on omnipotent etc.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɒmˈnɪf.ɪk/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɑmˈnɪf.ɪk/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪfɪk

Adjective

omnific (comparative more omnific, superlative most omnific)

  1. Capable of making or doing anything; all-creating.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 216-217:
      Silence, ye troubl'd waves, and thou Deep, peace,
      Said then th' Omnific Word

Synonyms

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