Mi″cro‐cosm (?), n. [F. microcosme, L. microcosmus, fr. Gr. μικρόσ small + κόσμοσ the world.] A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called by Paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe or great world. Opposed to macrocosm. Shak.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.