Meanings
adjectiveomnivicarious (comparative more omnivicarious, superlative most omnivicarious)
comparative more omnivicarious · superlative most omnivicarious
- 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, Memory1 more example
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
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃ep-
- Proto-Italic*opnis
- Latinomnis
- Englishomni-
- Englishvicarious
- Englishomnivicarious
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with omnivicarious
varioushilariousAquariusprecariouscalcareousnefariousvicariousStradivariusmultifariouscariousBelisariusscopariuslibrariusmalariousacinariousadversariousanticariousapocrisariusapocrisiariusarbitrariousarenariousargillocalcareousarmariusassarius
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
omnivicarious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omnivicarious
MLA
“omnivicarious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omnivicarious. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “omnivicarious,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/omnivicarious.
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