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Cosmo

proper nounproper nounattested in dialogue

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A male given name from Ancient Greek.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Etymology

Borrowed by Scotland from Italy in the 18th century. An Italian variant of Cosimo, from the name Cosmas of a saint (martyred with his brother Damian in the fourth century), from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “order, ordered universe”).

proper noun

  1. 1

    slangCosmopolitan, an American monthly fashion and entertainment magazine for women.

  2. 2

    Cosmopolitan, a cocktail.

Etymology

Clipping of Cosmopolitan.

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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