Cos-mōg′o-ny, n.

[Gr. κοσμογονία, from κόσμος, the world, and γενεῖν, γίνεσθαι, γίγνεσθαι, to beget, bring forth.] The doctrine or science of the generation, origin, or creation of the world or universe.

Did he not talk a long string of learning about Greek cosmogony, and the world? Goldsmith.