cosmetic 
II. . 1. Any preparation that renders the 
skin soft, pure, and white, or helps or professes 
to be able to help to beautify or improve the 
complexion. 
Barber no more a gay perfumer comes, 
On whose soft cheek his own mimetic blooms. 
Crabbe. 
2f. The art of anointing or decorating the hu- 
man body, as with toilet preparations, etc. 
For Cosmetic, it hath parts civil, and parts effeminate ; 
for cleanness of body was ever esteemed to proceed from 
a due reverence to God, to society, and to ourselves. 
Bacon, Works (London, 1867), III. 877. 
cosmetical (koz-met'i-kal), a. Same as cosmetic. 
Cosmetidse (kos-met'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Cos- 
metus + -idee."] A family of opilionine arach- 
nidans, of the order Pkalangidea, represented 
by the genus Cosmettts. 
Cosmetology (koz-me-tol'o-ji), n. [< Gr. Koapr/- 
r6f, well-ordered (see cosmetic), + -hoyia, < ^CJEIV. 
speak: see-ology.] A treatise on the dress and 
cleanliness of the body. Dunglison. 
Cosmetornis (kos-me-tor'nis), . [NL., < Gr. 
Koa/afrof, well-ordered, trim, adorned (see cos- 
metic), + opvif, a bird.] A genus of beautiful 
caprimulgine birds, the African standard-bear- 
ers, having a pair of the inner flight-feathers 
enormously extended and expanded, as in C. 
cexillarius and C. biirtoni. G. S. Gray, 1840. 
Semiopl\orus is a synonym. 
Cosmetus (kos-me'tus), . [NL. (Perty, 1830), 
< Gr. Koa[tr/r6c, well-ordered, trim : see cosmetic.] 
The typical genus of the family Cosmetidce. C. 
ornatiis is an example. 
Cosmia (kos'mi-a), n. [NL. (Ochseuheimer, 
1816), < Gr. n6tj/iio<;, well-ordered, regular, < KO- 
a/tof, order, ornament : see cosmos 1 ."] A genus 
Cosmia traff~ina. ( Line s,hows natural size.) 
of noctuid moths, sometimes made the type of 
a family Cosmiidw. C. trapezina is an example. Spe- 
cies are found in all quarters of the globe. The larva? are 
naked, with small raised warts, and feed on the leaves of 
trees. 
COSmiC, COSmical (koz'mik, -ini-kal), a. [= F. 
cosmique = Sp. Pg. It. cosmico, < L. "cosmicus, 
cosmicos, < Gr. noa/jiKof, < KOO/IOS, the universe, 
order, as of the universe: see cosmos 1 .] 1. Of 
or pertaining to the universe, especially to the 
universe regarded as subject to a harmonious 
system of laws. But in the older writers it marks 
rather an opposite conception of the universe, as governed 
wholly by mechanics, and not by teleological principles. 
I can also understand that (as in Leibnitz's caricature 
of Newton's views) the Creator might have made the cos- 
mical machine, and, after setting it going, have left it to 
itself till it needed repair. 
Huxley, Nineteenth Century, XXI. 490. 
By a connic emotion the phrase is Mr. Henry Sidg- 
wick's I mean an emotion which is felt in regard to the 
universe or sum of things, viewed as a cosmos or order. 
W. K. Clifford, Lectures, II. 263. 
Hence 2. Pertaining to universal order; har- 
monious, as the universe ; orderly : the oppo- 
site of chaotic. 
How can Dryasdust interpret such things, the dark, 
chaotic dullard, who knows the meaning of nothing cos- 
mic or noble, nor ever will know? Carlyle. 
3. Forming a part of the material universe, 
especially of what lies outside of the solar sys- 
tem. 
And if we ask whence came this rapid evolution of heat, 
we may now fairly surmise that it was due to some pre- 
vious collision of cosmical bodies. 
J. Fiike, Cosmic Philos., I. 396. 
4. In astron., visible for the first time before sun- 
rise : only in the phrase the cosmical setting of a 
star. 6. Inconceivably prolonged or protract- 
ed, like the periods of time required for the 
development of great astronomical changes; 
immeasurably extended in space ; universal in 
extent. 
The human understanding, for example that faculty 
which Mr. Spencer has turned so skilfully round upon its 
own antecedents is itself a result of the play between 
organism and environment through cosmic ranges of time 
Tyndall. 
1288 
6. Of or pertaining to cosmism: as, the cosmic 
philosophy Cosmical bodies. See regular body, un- 
der body. Cosmic dust, matter in fine particles falling 
upon the earth from an extra-terrestrial source, like me- 
teorites. The existence of such dust, in any sensible 
amount, ia in great doubt; but particles of iron, etc., 
called by this name have been collected at various times, 
particularly from the snow in high latitudes. Much so- 
called cosmic dust is only volcanic dust, which has been 
ejected from a volcano during its eruption ; such parti- 
cles may remain suspended in the upper atmosphere for a 
long period of time. See cryoconite. 
The microscopic examination of these Oceanic sedi- 
ments reveals the presence of extremely minute parti- 
cles, . . . which there is strong reason for regarding as 
cosmic dust. W. B. Carpenter, Micros., 8 706. 
cosmically (koz'mi-kal-i), adv. 1. With refer- 
ence to or throughout the cosmos or universe ; 
universally. 
The theory of Swedenborg, so cosmically applied by him, 
that the man makes his heaven and hell. 
Emerson, Literature. 
2. With the sun at rising or setting : as, a star 
is said to rise or set cosmically when it rises or 
sets with the sun. 
cosmics (koz'miks), n. [PI. of cosmic : see -ics.] 
Cosmology. [Rare.] 
Cosmiidae (kos-mi'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Cosmia 
+ -<te.] A family of noctuid moths, typified 
by the genus Cosmia. They have the body moder- 
ately stout or rather slender ; the proboscis elongate, rare- 
ly short; antenme simple or nearly so ; palpi ascending; 
hind tibiie with long spurs ; fore wings moderately broad, 
various in color, often acute at the tips, and with the ex- 
terior border slightly oblique or undulating. The larvre 
have 16 legs ; they are elongate, bright-colored, and live 
wrapped in leaves like tortricids. The pupa; are short, 
pyrlfurm, acute at the anus, often covered with a bluish 
efflorescence, atid are wrapped in leaves or moss on the 
ground. Usually written Cosmidce. Guenee, 1862. See 
cut under Count i(l. 
Cosmism (koz'mizm), n. [< cosmos 1 + -ism.] 
A name applied to the system of philosophy 
based on tlie doctrine of evolution as enunci- 
ated by Herbert Spencer. See philosophy of 
evolution, under evolution. 
cosmo-. [NL., etc., cosmo-, < Gr. KOC/M-C, order, 
good order, ornament, hence (from the notion 
of order, arrangement) the world, the universe : 
see cosmos 1 .] An element in some words of 
Greek origin, meaning ' the world ' or ' the uni- 
verse.' 
Cosmocoma (kos-mok'o-ma), . [NL. (Fors- 
ter, 1856), < Gr. udofioc, order, ornament, + KOfir/, 
hair.] A genus of spiculiferous hymenopterous 
insects, of the family Proctotrypidm. They have 
the tarsi 4-jointed ; the antcnnal club not jointed ; the 
abdomen petiolate ; and the fore wings widening gener- 
ally, with the marginal vein in the form of a dot. The 
species are very minute, and all are parasitic. Several 
are European, and one is North American. 
cosmocrat (koz'mo-krat), n. [< Gr. ufa/tof, the 
world, + Kpareiv, govern ; with term, as in aris- 
tocrat, autocrat, democrat, etc.] Euler of the 
world: in the extract applied to the devil. 
[Bare.] 
You will not think, great Cosmocrat ! 
That I spend my time in fooling ; 
-M any irons, my Sire, have we in the fire, 
And I must leave none of them cooling. 
Southey, The Devil's Walk. 
COSmocratic (koz-mo-krat'ik), a. [As cosmo- 
crat + -ic ; with term, as in aristocratic, demo- 
cratic, etc.] Of or pertaining to a universal 
monarch or monarchy : as, cosmocratic aspira- 
tions or aims. 
cosmogonal (koz-mog'o-nal), a. [As cosmogony 
+ -?.] Cosmogonic. 
The stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhag- 
vat Oeeta. Thoreau, Walden, p. 318. 
cosmogoner (koz-mog'o-uer), . [As cosmogony 
+ -er 1 .] Same as cosniogonist. 
cosmogonic, cosmogonical (koz-mo-gou'ik, -i- 
kal), a. [= F. cosmogonique = Sp. cosmogdnico 
= Pg. It. cosmogonico; as cosmogony + -ic.] Of 
or pertaining to cosmogony. 
The remarkable cosmogonical speculation originally pro- 
mulgated by Imtnanuel Kant. 
Huxley, Nineteenth Century, XIX. 201. 
cosmogonist (koz-mog'o-nist), n. [< cosmogony 
+ -1st.] One who originates or expounds a cos- 
mogony; one versed in cosmogony; specifically, 
one who holds that the universe had a begin- 
ning in time. Also cosmogoner. 
Wherefore those Pagan Comioyonuts who were (heists, 
being Polytheists and Theogonists also, and asserting, be- 
side the one supreme unmade Deity, other inferior mun- 
dane gods, generated together with the world. 
Ciulirnrth, Intellectual System (ed. 1837), I. 344. 
Cosmogony (koz-mog'o-ni), n. [ = F. cosmor/o- 
tiie = Sp. cosmogonia = Pg. It. cosmogoiiia, < Gr. 
Koa/,m-)ovia, the creation or origin of the world, 
< Mtriioytfoof, creating the world, < n6o/toc, the 
world, + -;wof, < / *y t v, produce.] 1. The 
cosmology 
theory or science of the origin of the universe, 
or of its present constitution and order ; a doe- 
trine or account of the creation; specifically, 
the doctrine that the universe had a beginning 
in time. 
If we consider the Greek cosmogony in its entirety, as 
conceived and expounded by Hesiod, we shall see that it 
is diametrically opposed to the astronomy of the Kahylu- 
nians. Van Kauke, Univ. Hist, (trans.), p. 281. 
2. The origination of the universe ; creation. 
[Rare.] 
The cosmogony, or creation of the world, has puzzled the 
philosophers of all ages. Goldsmith, Vicar, xiv. 
Every theory of cosmogony whatever is at bottom an out- 
come of nature expressing itself through human nature. 
MiimMey, Body and Will, p. 231. 
= Syn. See cosmolo'jy. 
cosmographer (koz-mog'ra-fer), n. [As F. cos- 
mograplie = Sp. cosmogra/b = Pg. cosmographo 
= It. cosmografo, < LL. cosmoyraphux, a cosmog- 
rapher, < Gr. Koo/jof/m^of, describing the world: 
see cosmography and -er.] One who investi- 
gates the problems of cosmography ; one versed 
in cosmography. 
The cosrtwffraphery, which first discovered and described 
the roundness of the earth. Bacon, Filum Labyr., 7. 
cosmographic, cosmographical (koz-mo-graf '- 
ik, -i-kal), n. [= F. cosmographique = Sp. cos- 
mogrdjlco = Pg. cosmographico = It. cosmo- 
grajico ; as cosmography + -ic.] Relating to 
or dealing with cosmography ; descriptive of or 
concerned with the world or the universe. 
An old cosmoyraphical poet. 
Sfldeu, On Dray ton's Polyolbion, Pref. 
cosmographically (koz-mo-graf'i-kal-i), adr. 
In a cosmographic manner ; with regard to or 
in accordance with cosmography. 
The terella, or spherical magnet, comitographicaUy set 
out with circles of the globe. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., ii. 2. 
cosmographist (koz-mog'ra-fist), n. [< cosmog- 
raphy + -ist.~\ Same as coymographer. 
cosmography (koz-mog'ra-fi), . [= F. cosmo- 
?raphie = Sp. cosmografia = Pg. cosmographia = 
t. cosmografia, < LL. cosmographia, < Gr. KO- 
rj/ioypaijiia, description of the world, < noaiioypatyos, 
describing the world (> LL. cosmographus, a 
cosmographer), < noa[u>c, the world, + ypdipciv, 
write, describe.] 1. The science which de- 
scribes and maps the main features of the 
heavens and the earth, embracing astronomy, 
geography, and sometimes geology. 
He now is gone to prove Cositioftraphy, 
That measures coasts and kingdoms of the earth. 
Marlowe, Doctor Faustus, iii. 1. 
Cosmography 
Thou art deeply read in ; draw me a map from the Mer- 
maid. Fletcher, Wit without Money, 11. 4. 
Nature contracted, a little cosmography, or map of the 
universe. South. 
2. The science of the general structure and re- 
lations of the uni verse. =Syn. See cosmology. 
COSmolabe (koz'mo-lab), n. [= F. cosmolabe = 
Pg. cosmolabio, < Gr. KOO-//OC , the world, + -/la/3ov, 
< )M/i/)dvftv, Jiafieiv, take: see astrolabe."] An 
early instrument, essentially the same as the 
astrolabe, used for measuring the angles be- 
tween heavenly bodies. Also called pantacosm. 
cosmolatry (koz-mora-tri), n. [< Gr. noa/iot, 
the world, + %arpeia, divine worship.] Worship 
paid to the world or its parts. 
COSmoline (koz'mo-lin), it. [< cosm(etic) + -ol 
+ -iwe 2 .] The trade-name of a residuum ob- 
tained after distilling off the lighter portions 
of petroleum. It is a mixture of hydrocarbons, melts at 
from 104 to 125 F., and is a smooth unctuous substance, 
used in ointments, etc. 
cosmological (koz-mo-loj'i-kal), a. [As F. cos- 
mologique = Sp. costnologico "= Pg. It. cosmo- 
logico, < Gr. Koapokryitir, pertaining to physical 
philosophy, < 'mepofoy&i : see cosmology and 
-ical.] Pertaining or relating to cosmology. 
A comparison between the probable meaning of the 
Proem to Genesis and the results of rnxiuiiliiiiitnl and 
geological science. Gladstone, Pop. Sci. Mo.,XXVlII. 618. 
cosmologically (koz-mo-loj'i-kal-i), adv. In 
a cosmological manner ; from a cosmological 
point of view. 
Not long since, ciixun'lo'/irftUi/ speaking, Jupiter was 
shining with cloudless self-luminosity. 
Winchell, World-Life, p. 434. 
cosmologist (koz-mol'o-jist), n. [< cosmology 
+ -ist.] One who investigates the problems of 
cosmology ; one versed in cosmology. 
Comtioloifititx have built up their several theories, aque- 
ous or igneous, of the early state of the earth. 
Dawxon, Origin of World, p. 110. 
cosmology (koz-mol'6-ji), n. [= F. cosmologif 
= Sp. cosmologia = Pg. It. cosmologia, < Gr. as 
