cosmoraman.

/kɒzməˈrɑːmə/

Etymology: modern < Greek κόσμος world + ὅραμα spectacle. Also modern French.

1. A peep-show containing characteristic views of all parts of the world.Originally the title given to a public exhibition in Regent Street, London; afterwards taken by other shows of ‘all the world in a box.’

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > optical shows > [noun] > peep-show

piece of perspective1600

raree-show1677

raree-fine show1734

peep show1801

cosmorama1823

1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 14 473 The whole beats panorama, and cosmorama, and Covent-Garden scenery to boot.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 213 The temples and saloons and cosmoramas and fountains glittered..before our eyes.

a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1851) 4th Ser. 71/1 Wax and composition casts..exhibited in the Cosmorama in Regent Street.

2. transferred and figurative. A peep-show of the world: in quot. 1852 applied to the Great Exhibition of 1851.

ΚΠ

1852 C. Wordsworth Occas. Serm. 3rd Ser. 26 In this Industrial Cosmorama, we do not see the names of many who have, perhaps, contributed most effectively to the production of the marvellous works.

1881 F. W. H. Myers Wordsworth i. 12 Between the operations of his spirit and the cosmorama of the external world.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	cosmorama
释义	cosmoraman. /kɒzməˈrɑːmə/ Etymology: modern < Greek κόσμος world + ὅραμα spectacle. Also modern French. 1. A peep-show containing characteristic views of all parts of the world.Originally the title given to a public exhibition in Regent Street, London; afterwards taken by other shows of ‘all the world in a box.’ ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > optical shows > [noun] > peep-show piece of perspective1600 raree-show1677 raree-fine show1734 peep show1801 cosmorama1823 1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 14 473 The whole beats panorama, and cosmorama, and Covent-Garden scenery to boot. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 213 The temples and saloons and cosmoramas and fountains glittered..before our eyes. a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1851) 4th Ser. 71/1 Wax and composition casts..exhibited in the Cosmorama in Regent Street. 2. transferred and figurative. A peep-show of the world: in quot. 1852 applied to the Great Exhibition of 1851. ΚΠ 1852 C. Wordsworth Occas. Serm. 3rd Ser. 26 In this Industrial Cosmorama, we do not see the names of many who have, perhaps, contributed most effectively to the production of the marvellous works. 1881 F. W. H. Myers Wordsworth i. 12 Between the operations of his spirit and the cosmorama of the external world. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1823
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