plenipotent en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /pliːˈnɪpətənt/
Etymology
From Latin plenus (“full”) + potens, potentis (“potent”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having full power.
Near-synonyms: omnicompetent; omnipotent, almighty, all-powerful
My Substitutes I send ye, and Create Plenipotent on Earth, of matchless might Issuing from mee: on your joynt vigor now My hold of this new Kingdom all depends, Through Sin to Death expos’d by my exploit.
1667, John Milton, “Book CCLXX”, 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, line 404:
Coordinates
all-present · omnipresent · omniscient · omnicompetent · all-knowing
Deriveds
Synonyms
plenipotentiary · all-powerful · omnipotent · almighty · omnicompetent · plenipotential