omnifarious

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He -- conformably with his rôle of Sir Oracle, omniscient and omnifarious -- must have his "cartoons" too; and so on p. 22 of the second volume for the same year (No. 105 of the journal) he appeared with No. 1 of his series.

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  1. adjective Of all kinds: omnifarious knowledge.

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  • His conversation was such as might have been expected from a man whose fancy was so creative, whose knowledge omnifarious, and whose recollection so unbounded. —  Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey
  • He -- conformably with his rôle of Sir Oracle, omniscient and omnifarious -- must have his "cartoons" too; and so on p. 22 of the second volume for the same year (No. 105 of the journal) he appeared with No. 1 of his series. —  The History of "Punch"
  • I cannot pretend to do much, being but a shallow philologist; yet, since I received your last Number, I have lighted on a passage in that volume of "omnifarious information" Croker's _Boswell_, which will not be deemed inapplicable. —  Notes and Queries, Number 185, May 14, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
  • Of his controversies, those against Popery are the most powerful, because there he had subtleties and obscure reading to contend against; and his wit, acuteness, and omnifarious learning found stuff to work on. —  The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • The omnifarious assembly included pale, prim-whiskered young clerks; shabby, lonely, sallow young women, whose sallowness and shabbiness stamped them with the mark of integrity; other females whose specious splendor was not nearly so reassuring; old men, broken-down men, middle-aged men of every description, except the well-to-do. —  Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2
 

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  1. From Latin omnifāriam, on every side : omni-, omni- + -fāriam, adv. suff.; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin omnifarius, of all sorts, from omnis, all, + -farius: see bifarious.
 

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