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microcosmos

microcosmos noun: a small or microscopic cosmos; a microcosm.

Noun

microcosmos (plural microcosmoi or microcosmoses)

  1. A small or microscopic cosmos; a microcosm.
    • So the double men of Aristophanes are microcosmoi (p. 566); as the world is divided, so are they.1916, Classical Philology, volume 11, University of Chicago Press, page 222

Forms of microcosmos

pluralmicrocosmoi
pluralmicrocosmoses

Origin of microcosmos

From micro- + cosmos.

Questions about microcosmos

What does microcosmos mean?
Microcosmos means a small or microscopic cosmos; a microcosm.
What part of speech is microcosmos?
Microcosmos is a noun.
What is the plural of microcosmos?
The plural of microcosmos is microcosmoi.

Words near microcosmos in the dictionary

  1. microcosmographic
  2. microcosmographies
  3. microcosmography
  4. microcosmoi
  5. microcosmology
  6. microcosmos
  7. microcosmoses
  8. microcosms
  9. microcosting
  10. microcotyledon
  11. microcotyledonary

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