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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Greek
Origin: kosmikos, from kosmos; COSMOS

cosmic

 adjective
     
Related topics: Astronomy
cos‧mic
1HA relating to space or the universe
2 extremely large:
a scandal of cosmic proportions
—cosmically adverb
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