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geogony|dʒiːˈɒgənɪ|
[f. Gr. γεω- geo- + -γονία production.]
The theory of the formation of the earth. Cf. geogeny. Also quasi-concr. an account of the origin of the earth.
1828in Webster. 1847in Craig. 1870Eng. Mech. 28 Jan. 480/3 The laws of Cosmogony, Astrogony, and Geogony, should be given. 1882–3Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. III. 2552/1 It is, indeed, a geogony, and not a cosmogony, which is given in the first chapter of Genesis.
Hence geoˈgonic, geoˈgonical adjs., of or pertaining to geogony.
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