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omnivicarious

UK/ˌɒm.nɪvɪˈkɛəɹi.əs/US/ˌɑm.nɪvəˈkɛɹi.əs/

omnivicarious adjective: permanently vicarious; shape-shifting; identity-grabbing.

Adjective

omnivicarious (comparative more omnivicarious, superlative most omnivicarious)

  1. Permanently vicarious; shape-shifting; identity-grabbing.
    • The game in use was the regular "draw poker," with, occasionally, the additional tingle of jackpots and an omnivicarious joker.1951, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov, Speak, Memory
    • He is walking now, flanked by a silent girl on one side and her robin's-egg-blue valise on the other, both safe in his omnivicarious hands.1981, Alexander Theroux, Darconville's Cat

Forms of omnivicarious

comparativemore omnivicarious
superlativemost omnivicarious

Origin of omnivicarious

From omni- + vicarious.

Words that rhyme with omnivicarious

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Questions about omnivicarious

What does omnivicarious mean?
Omnivicarious means permanently vicarious; shape-shifting; identity-grabbing.
What part of speech is omnivicarious?
Omnivicarious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce omnivicarious?
Omnivicarious is pronounced /ˌɒm.nɪvɪˈkɛəɹi.əs/ (UK).

Words near omnivicarious in the dictionary

  1. omniversal
  2. omniverse
  3. omniverses
  4. omnivert
  5. omniverts
  6. omnivicarious
  7. omnividence
  8. omnivident
  9. omnivisible
  10. omnivolent
  11. omnivoracity

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