Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A representation of the world; universal terminology.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A representation of the world.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
representation of theworld .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Raymundus Lullius in making that art which bears his name; not unlike to some books of typocosmy, which have been made since; being nothing but a mass of words of all arts, to give men countenance, that those which use the terms might be thought to understand the art; which collections are much like a fripper's or broker's shop, that hath ends of everything, but nothing of worth.
The Advancement of Learning Francis Bacon 1593
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Raymundus Lullius in making that art which bears his name; not unlike to some books of typocosmy, which have been made since; being nothing but a mass of words of all arts, to give men countenance, that those which use the terms might be thought to understand the art; which collections are much like a fripper’s or broker’s shop, that hath ends of everything, but nothing of worth.
hernesheir commented on the word typocosmy
Wordnik is collecting/constructing a pretty good typocosmy of words and phrases, and, sometimes unfortunately, "typos" of words.
December 28, 2010
qms commented on the word typocosmy
His jive makes it clear he's no fool.
His rap and his 'toos they, like - rule!
Such typocosmy
Totally awes me.
I mean, like - whatever! He's cool.
December 23, 2015