megacosm
(ˈmɛgəkɒz(ə)m)
[f. Gr. µέγα-ς great + κόσµος world, cosmos.]
= macrocosm.
1617 Middleton & Rowley Fair Quarrel Ded., If..this Megacosme, this great world, is no more then a Stage. 1624 [T. Scott] Vox Dei 48 As thus it is, in the microcosme of priuate estates, so it is, in the megacosme of publique wealths also. 1711 Brit. Apollo No. 137. 2/1 Supposing the Microcosm to be as well the Subject of your Contemplations as the Megacosm. 1851 G. S. Faber Many Mansions 157 As Light was let in upon the darkened Megacosm: so [etc.]. |