† megacosmn.

Forms: 1600s megacosme, 1600s–1800s megacosm.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French mégacosme, Latin megacosmus.

Etymology: < French mégacosme (1610) or post-classical Latin megacosmus (mid 12th cent.: compare discussion s.v. macrocosm n.; a1200 in a British source) < ancient Greek μεγα- mega- comb. form + κόσμος cosmos n.¹ Compare earlier microcosm n., macrocosm n. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (me·găkǫz'm) /ˈmɛɡəkɒz(ə)m/.

Obsolete.

= macrocosm n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > [noun]

kindlOE

worldc1175

framea1325

creaturec1384

universityc1450

engine?1510

universal1569

universality1577

mass1587

universe1589

all1598

cosmosie1600

macrocosm1602

existence1610

system1610

megacosm1617

cosmos1650

materialism1817

world-all1847

panarchy1848

multiverse1895

metaverse1994

the world > relative properties > wholeness > [noun] > a complex whole > imaged by constituent part

megacosm1617

macrocosm1851

1617 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Faire Quarrell Ded. sig. A2 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 5–7 Feb. 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.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	megacosm
释义	† megacosmn. Forms: 1600s megacosme, 1600s–1800s megacosm. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French mégacosme, Latin megacosmus. Etymology: < French mégacosme (1610) or post-classical Latin megacosmus (mid 12th cent.: compare discussion s.v. macrocosm n.; a1200 in a British source) < ancient Greek μεγα- mega- comb. form + κόσμος cosmos n.¹ Compare earlier microcosm n., macrocosm n. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (me·găkǫz'm) /ˈmɛɡəkɒz(ə)m/. Obsolete. = macrocosm n. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > [noun] kindlOE worldc1175 framea1325 creaturec1384 universityc1450 engine?1510 universal1569 universality1577 mass1587 universe1589 all1598 cosmosie1600 macrocosm1602 existence1610 system1610 megacosm1617 cosmos1650 materialism1817 world-all1847 panarchy1848 multiverse1895 metaverse1994 the world > relative properties > wholeness > [noun] > a complex whole > imaged by constituent part megacosm1617 macrocosm1851 1617 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Faire Quarrell Ded. sig. A2 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 5–7 Feb. 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.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1617
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