n.
Pronunciation: käz- ' mä-g ə -n ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -nies
Etymology: New Latin cosmogonia, from Greek kosmogonia, from kosmos + gonos offspring; akin to Greek genos race ― more at KIN
Date: 1696
1 : a theory of the origin of the universe
2 : the creation or origin of the world or universe
– cos · mo · gon · ic \ ˌ käz-m ə - ' gä-nik \ or cos · mo · gon · i · cal \ -ni-k ə l \ adjective
– cos · mog · o · nist \ käz- ' mä-g ə -nist \ noun