Word of the Day: COSMOPOLITAN

Cultured or worldly

cosmopolitan (adj) - having broad international experience or sophistication; composed of or favoring people from all over the world [koz-muh-pol-i-tn]

BREAKDOWN: COSMO- (world) + POLIT- (citizen) + -AN (one who)

• a cosmopolite is a citizen of the world or someone very worldly (also cosmopolitan)

• cosmopolitanism is an ideology professing that all people are part of a single global community

• a cosmopolitan or cosmo is a vodka and cranberry based cocktail

“Art must be parochial in the beginning to be cosmopolitan in the end.” —George A. Moore

See also: politico