omnific
English
WOTD – 27 November 2006
Alternative forms
- omnifick (obsolete)
Etymology
From omni- + Latin facere (“to make or do”), modelled on omnipotent etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɒmˈnɪfɪk/
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Adjective
omnific (comparative more omnific, superlative most omnific)
- Capable of making or doing anything; all-creating.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- Silence, ye troubl'd waves, and thou Deep, peace,
Said then th' Omnific Word
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