cosmic

Definition

Of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κοσμικός (kosmikós)

Example Sentences

• "cosmic speed"
• "The human understanding, for example—the faculty which Mr. Spencer has turned so skillfully round upon its own antecedents—is itself a result of the play between organism and environment through cosmic ranges of time."
• "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."

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