cosmic

C2
US /ˈkɑz.mɪk/ UK /ˈkɒz.mɪk/
adj Freq #7340

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    of or from or pertaining to or characteristic of the cosmos or universe

    cosmic laws

  2. 2
    adj

    Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast.

    cosmic speed

  3. 3
    adj

    Of or relating to abstract spiritual or metaphysical ideas.

    Humpty Dumpty is the cosmic egg, the wall, the edge between transcendence and existence. As nothing breaks up into the world of things, the movement toward entropy becomes irreversible.

  4. 4
    adj

    inconceivably extended in space or time

  5. 5
    adj

    Of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe.

  6. 6
    adj

    Rising or setting with the sun; not acronycal.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κοσμικός (kosmikós)

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Word family
Derived forms acosmicanthropocosmicastrocosmicbiocosmiccosmicallycosmicismcosmicistcosmicitycosmicizegeocosmichypercosmicintercosmic
Related forms astronauticalastronomicalastronomycosmos

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