cosmographic

[koz-mog-ruh-fee]

cos·mog·ra·phy

[koz-mog-ruh-fee]
noun, plural cos·mog·ra·phies.
1.
a science that describes and maps the main features of the heavens and the earth, including astronomy, geography, and geology.
2.
a description or representation of the main features of the universe.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Greek kosmographía description of the world. See cosmo-, -graphy

cos·mog·ra·pher, cos·mog·ra·phist, noun
cos·mo·graph·ic [koz-muh-graf-ik] , cos·mo·graph·i·cal, adjective
cos·mo·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb
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Cosmographic is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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cosmography (kɒzˈmɒɡrəfɪ)
 
n
1.  a representation of the world or the universe
2.  the science dealing with the whole order of nature
 
cos'mographer
 
n
 
cos'mographist
 
n
 
cosmographic
 
adj
 
cosmo'graphical
 
adj
 
cosmo'graphically
 
adv

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