omniglot

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

omni- +‎ -glot

Noun[edit]

omniglot (plural omniglots)

  1. (rare, theoretically) A person or entity who has mastered all languages.
    • 2022, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory, Tor, page 260:
      Not for the first time Miranda, the omniglot, had to force herself not to get lost in all the little intricacies of translating back and forth.

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