cosmo

See also: Cosmo and cosmo-

English

Etymology

Clipping.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cosmo (plural cosmos)

1. (informal) A cosmopolitan, a cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice, and cranberry juice.
   • 1997 April 14, “The Best of New York”, in New York, page 51:

     But if you’re looking to scream your head off with ten best friends and don’t want to hear boo about how you’re making too much noise, there’s no better place to get stupid than the Angie Dickinson room at Mary’s […] With a cyclorama of Angie to spur you up and on, it’s bring on the Cosmos and pass the Pepper.

   • 2018, Natalka Burian, quoting Lenora Lapidus, A Woman’s Drink‎, page 141:

     There’s an incredible Tangerine Cosmo made in West Stockbridge, where the bartender, Jeremy Kenny, was inspired by the feminist symbolism on Passover.

Anagrams

• COMOs, MOOCs, Mosco, SOCOM, ScoMo, Scomo, cooms, mocos

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔz.mo/
• Rhymes: -ɔzmo
• Hyphenation: cò‧smo

Noun

cosmo m (plural cosmi)

1. cosmos, universe
2. outer space

Derived terms

• cosmonauta

Anagrams

• Mosco, mosco

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʒ.mu/

• Hyphenation: cos‧mo

Noun

cosmo m (plural cosmos)

1. cosmos (the universe)

Further reading

• “cosmo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “cosmo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025