cos-mo-late  [koz-muh-leyt] Pronunciation Key
verb
 
1.

to contemplate the meaning of life without an awareness of the passage of time: "He cosmolated for the better part of the day, ignoring his mundane responsibilities."

2.

Obsolete. to stare at the moon for an extended period of time.

 

[Origin: 1150–1200; ME < Gk kósmos order, form, arrangement, the world or universe;& bef. 900; ME; OE læt slow, late; c. G lass slothful, ON latr, ]

 

 cosmolate was the Word of the Day on May 1, 1913.