megacosm

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English

Etymology

From French mégacosme, ultimately from Ancient Greek μεγα- (mega-) + κόσμος (kósmos).

Noun

megacosm (plural megacosms)

  1. (now rare, historical) A macrocosm.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 255:
      Howsoever, over their cloistering walls and into the map of the megacosm, the two professors continued to launch their cadres of spellbound familiars and enslaved disciples.

Translations

Romanian

Noun

megacosm n (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of megacosmos

Declension