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typocosmy

noun /ˈtaɪ̯.pəʊ̯ˌkɒz.mɪ/

  1. The representation of the world.

    archaic, uncountable

    Such was the travail of 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.

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek τῠ́πος (tŭ́pos, “type”) + Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + -y.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry typocosmy (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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