cunctipotent
Nov. 15th, 2023 07:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prettygoodwordcunctipotent (kunk-tee-POH-tuhnt) - (obs.) adj., almighty, all-powerful.
A little-known synonym of omnipotent, apparently coined in the 15th century as a more grammatical alternative: Latin omnis means every while cunctus means all/entire. Potēns itself means powerful. I note it as obsolete because those dictionaries that actually have it do so, but for the record I did run across this in the wild -- admittedly in a late 19th century poem, but still an actual use.
---L.
A little-known synonym of omnipotent, apparently coined in the 15th century as a more grammatical alternative: Latin omnis means every while cunctus means all/entire. Potēns itself means powerful. I note it as obsolete because those dictionaries that actually have it do so, but for the record I did run across this in the wild -- admittedly in a late 19th century poem, but still an actual use.
---L.
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Date: 2023-11-15 05:00 pm (UTC)reverts to twelve giggles
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Date: 2023-11-15 05:20 pm (UTC)Believe me, I'm giggling right there with you.