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omnigenous en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin omniqenus, from omnis (“all”) + genus (“kind”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Consisting of all kinds.
    • The labors of these eminent divines are aided by those of innumerable lecturers, who diffuse such a various profundity, in all subjects of human or celestial science, that any man may acquire an omnigenous erudition without the trouble of even learning to read. 1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Celestial Railroad”, in Mosses from an Old Manse:
  2. (not-comparable, qualifier:nuclear physics) Characterized by a uniformly symmetric distribution of nucleons within the nucleus.