omnilegent

adjective

om·​nil·​e·​gent

(ˈ)äm¦niləjənt

: reading or having read everything : characterized by encyclopedic reading

no historians have been more omnilegent, more careful of the document

—George Saintsbury

Word History

Etymology

omn- + Latin legent-, legens, present participle of legere to read

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