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"cosmetic" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often decorative (10 letters).
Definitions
serving an aesthetic purpose in beautifying the body
Word origin
From French cosmétique, from Ancient Greek κοσμητική (kosmētikḗ, “the art of dress and ornament”), κοσμητικός (kosmētikós), from κοσμητής (kosmētḗs, “orderer, director, decorator”), from κοσμέω (kosméō, “to order, to arrange, to rule, to adorn, to equip, to dress, to embellish”), from κόσμος (kósmos, “order”). By surface analysis, cosmos + -etic.
Used in a sentence
“a cosmetic preparation”
“Firſt, rob'd in white, the nymph intent adores / With head uncover'd, the coſmetic pow'rs.”
“Fortunately, the damage to the house was mostly cosmetic and a bit of paint covered it nicely.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Beauty based”8 letters
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