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 Cosa (plu. Cosas).Cosmop’olite (4 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Cos’miel (3 syl.).
 
The genius of the world. He gave Theodidac’tus a boat of asbestos, in which he sailed to the sun and planets. (Kircher: Ecstatic Journey to Heaven.)   1
 


 Cosa (plu. Cosas).Cosmop’olite (4 syl.). 

 
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