Omnivorous

Origin

From the Latin omni, all and -vore.

Full definition of omnivorous

Adjective

1. Having a diet which is neither exclusively carnivorous nor herbivorous.
2. (figuratively) Having an interest in a variety of subjects.2003 Winchester, Simon, The Meaning of Everything; The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary, New York: Oxford University Press. p72:
• He was omnivorous in his appetite for knowledge, quite catholic in his range of interests …

Derived terms

• omnivorousness

Related terms

• omnivore, carnivorous, herbivorous, insectivorous