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cos⋅mic

  [koz-mik]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the cosmos: cosmic laws.
2. characteristic of the cosmos or its phenomena: cosmic events.
3. immeasurably extended in time and space; vast.
4. forming a part of the material universe, esp. outside of the earth.
Also, cos⋅mi⋅cal.

Origin:
1640–50; < Gk kosmikós worldly, universal, equiv. to kósm(os) world, arrangement + -ikos -ic

Related forms:
cos⋅mi⋅cal⋅i⋅ty  [koz-mi-kal-i-tee] , noun
cos⋅mi⋅cal⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
3. immense, enormous, stupendous.
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cos·mic   (kŏz'mĭk)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to the regions of the universe distinct from the Earth.

  2. Infinitely or inconceivably extended; vast: "a coming together of heads of government to take up the cosmic business of nations" (Meg Greenfield).


[Greek kosmikos, from kosmos, universe.]
cos'mi·cal·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
cosmic

  1. mod.
    excellent; powerful. : This pizza is absolutely cosmic!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

cosmic 
1649, see cosmos. Originally "of this world;" sense of "of the universe" is from 1874.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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