Cosmetic

Etymology
From Ancient Greek κοσμητική (kosmetike) "the art of dress and ornament", from κοσμητής (kosmetes) "orderer, director, decorator", from κοσμέω (kosmeo) "to order, to arrange, to rule, to adorn, to equip, to dress, to embellish".

Adjective

 * 1) External or superficial; pertaining only to the surface or appearance of something.
 * Fortunately, the damage to the house was mostly cosmetic and a bit of paint covered it nicely.

Derived terms

 * cosmetic surgery

Translations

 * Bulgarian: козметичен
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:


 * German:
 * Polish:
 * Russian: косметический

Noun

 * 1) Any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin, e.g. lipstick, eyeshadow, eyeliner; makeup.
 * 2) A feature existing only on the surface.

Hyponyms

 * See also Thesaurus:toiletry

Translations

 * Czech: kosmetika
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, Kosmetik


 * Polish: kosmetyk
 * Russian:
 * Volapük: jönamed,  jönameds,  jönamedem