Meanings
comparative more macroscian · superlative most macroscian
- rareCasting a long shadow.
How did it shape itself, the morning of that macroscian day which I had dreaded for so long?
1946, The Atlantic, page 921 more example
[…] the blazing luminescence spilling from oven doors and chinks in the huge circular furnace that rose, shivering and roaring, spectred with harsh steam, brown smoke, into the macroscian iron rafters and beams of soot and fire-seared dark.
1964, James Kirkup, Japan Industrial: Some Impressions of Japanese Industries, page 33
Origin
From Ancient Greek μακρόσκιος (makróskios) + -an.
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