cosmos
nounEtymology
From Middle English cossmos (“the universe; the world”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “order; universe; the earth, the world; decoration, ornament”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to announce, proclaim; to put in order”). The plural form cosmoi is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κόσμοι (kósmoi).
- learned borrowing from κόσμοι
Definitions
The universe regarded as a system with harmony and order.
- Can you conceive a process by which you, an organic being, are in the same way dissolved into the cosmos, and then by a subtle reversal of the conditions reassembled once more?"
Harmony, order.
Any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously…
Any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously coloured flowers and pinnate leaves.
- People were attracted to him as bees are attracted to cosmos or dahlia stalks.
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plural of cosmo
A city in Minnesota.
The neighborhood
- neighborCosmas
- neighborcosmic
- neighborcosmo-
- neighborcosmogony
- neighborcosmography
- neighborcosmology
- neighborcosmonaut
- neighborcosmopolitan
- neighborcosmovision
Derived
chaosmos, cosmic, cosmism, cosmist, cosmize, microcosmos, paracosmos, trichiliocosm
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at cosmos. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at cosmos. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at cosmos
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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