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omnivorous

adj
/ɑmˈnɪ.vɝ.əs/

Etymology

From omni- + -vorous.

  1. derived from -vorus
  2. formed as omnivorous — “omni- + -vorous”

Definitions

  1. Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor exclusively herbivorous.

  2. Having an interest in a variety of subjects.

    • The Beckettian progression appears occasionally: while Miss Counihan (static) is an omnivorous reader and Murphy (transitional) a strict non-reader, Cooper is an analphabete.
    • He was omnivorous in his appetite for knowledge, quite catholic in his range of interests […]

  3. All-consuming.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Of a parasite

      Of a parasite: attacking many species; not confined to a single host plant.

The neighborhood

Derived

omnivorously, omnivorousness

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at omnivorous. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at omnivorous. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at omnivorous

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA