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megacosm

megacosm noun: a macrocosm.

Noun

megacosm (plural megacosms)

  1. (archaic, historical) A macrocosm.
    • Howsoever, over their cloistering walls and into the map of the megacosm, the two professors continued to launch their cadres of spellbound familiars and enslaved disciples.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 255

Forms of megacosm

pluralmegacosms

Origin of megacosm

From French mégacosme, ultimately from Ancient Greek μεγα- (mega-) + κόσμος (kósmos).

Questions about megacosm

What does megacosm mean?
Megacosm means a macrocosm.
What part of speech is megacosm?
Megacosm is a noun.
What is the plural of megacosm?
The plural of megacosm is megacosms.

Words near megacosm in the dictionary

  1. megacorporation
  2. megacorporations
  3. megacorps
  4. megacorpse
  5. megacorpses
  6. megacosm
  7. megacosms
  8. megacoulomb
  9. megacoulombs
  10. megacryometeor
  11. megacryometeors

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