First Known Use: 14th century
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cosmography
noun cos·mog·ra·phy \käz-ˈmä-grə-fē\
plural cos·mog·ra·phies
Definition of COSMOGRAPHY
1
: a general description of the world or of the universe
2
: the science that deals with the constitution of the whole order of nature
— cos·mog·ra·pher \-fər\ noun
— cos·mo·graph·ic \ˌkäz-mə-ˈgra-fik\ or cos·mo·graph·i·cal \-fi-kəl\ adjective
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Origin of COSMOGRAPHY
Middle English cosmographie, from Late Latin cosmographia, from Greek kosmographia, from kosmos + -graphia -graphy
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