COSMIC


Meaning of COSMIC in English

ˈkäzmik, -mēk adjective

Etymology: Greek kosmikos of the universe, from kosmos order, universe + -ikos -ic

1. : of, from, or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone ; sometimes : of, from, or relating to the cosmos as an ordered system or the cosmos outside the solar system

in addition to these general cosmic theories there were particular problems, above all that of the diurnal rotation of the earth — Douglas Bush

the misty radiance of a setting sun, whose streamers are like the spokes of some gigantic cosmic wheel — J.L.Lowes

2. : characteristic of the cosmos : of a magnitude universally transcending or subsuming : vast , unfathomed , infinite , grand , grandiose

anthropomorphism … making man the central aim or goal of the whole cosmic process — M.R.Cohen

an abiding illness of the 20th century democratic man — a cosmic boredom — Albert Hubbell

3. : relating to cosmism

Synonyms: see universal

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.