cosmopolitan Hear it!

cosmopolitan definition

cos·mo·poli·tan (käz′mə päl′ə tən)

adjective

  1. common to or representative of all or many parts of the world; not national or local
  2. not bound by local or national habits or prejudices; at home in all countries or places
  3. characterized by worldly sophistication; fashionable, urbane, etc.
  4. having a worldwide distribution, as some plants or animals

Etymology: < cosmopolite + -an

noun

a cosmopolitan person or thing; cosmopolite

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.