omnispective

English

Etymology

From omni- + Latin spectus, past participle of specere, spicere (“to view”).

Adjective

omnispective (not comparable)

Beholding everything; all-seeing.
- a. 1749, Samuel Boyse, The Only Wish:
  Thee, great omniscient omnispective Power!
  Thee first and last , —thee only I adore!

References

“omnispective”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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