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omniscient

om·nis·cient [ om níshənt ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
all-knowing: knowing or seeming to know everything

[Early 17th century. < medieval Latin omniscient-< Latin omni- "omni-" + scire "know" (see science)]

om·nis·cience noun
om·nis·cient·ly adverb
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