cosmetics
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Preparations applied externally to change or enhance the beauty of skin, hair, nails, lips, and eyes.
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Preparations applied externally to change or enhance the beauty of skin, hair, nails, lips, and eyes.
Near-synonyms: makeup, make-up; beauty products
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The way something looks; superficial appearance.
Near-synonym: cosmesis
In the great fishbowl that we're doing everything in it's kind of unfortunate, but the cosmetics of the thing are more important than what's accomplished — in a great many ways.
Étymologie
From French cosmétique, from Ancient Greek κοσμητική (kosmētikḗ, “the art of dress and ornament”), from κοσμητικός (kosmētikós), an adjective of κοσμέω (kosméō, “to order, to arrange, to rule, to adorn, to equip, to dress, to embellish”).
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The study of such products.
cosmetics · Preparations applied externally to change or enhance the beauty of skin, hair, nails, lips, and eyes.
cosmic · Of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe.cosmo · A cosmopolitan, a cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime…Cosmo · A male given name from Ancient Greek.