copacetic

/kəʊ.pəˈsɛt.ɪk/US/ˌkoʊ.pəˈsɛt.ɪk/

copacetic adjective: fine, excellent, OK, in excellent order.

Adjective

copacetic (comparative more copacetic, superlative most copacetic)

(US, slang) Fine, excellent, OK, in excellent order.
- ["][…]an' as to looks I'd call him, as ye might say, real copasetic." Mrs. Lukins expressed this opinion solemnly and with a slight cough. Its last word stood for nothing more than an indefinite depth of meaning.[…] There was one other word in her lexicon which was in the nature of a jewel to be...1919, Irving Bacheller, A Man for the Ages: A Story of the Builders of Democracy, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, pages 69 and 287
- Extract of lemon and ginger ale / Sweet pertuna with shoe polish, then you're bound for jail / "Copacetic" was the password for one and all / The new Jump Steady ball1920, “At the New Jump Steady Ball”, performed by Ethel Waters

copacetic meaning in Tamil

copacetic in Tamil

சிறப்பமைவான்

Examples of copacetic in a sentence

Molly-squally, Miss Molly / Yeah, everything copacetic, now1967, “Niki Hoeky”, in Enigma, performed by P. J. Proby:
Count the cash, clean the oven, dump the trash, oh your loving is a rare and a copacetic gift.1976, “I Can’t Wait to Get Off Work (and See My Baby on Montgomery Avenue)”, performed by Tom Waits:
It’s a shame those boys couldn’t be more copacetic.1987, “West L.A. Fadeaway”, performed by Grateful Dead:
Colombia and Brazil were supposed to be more copacetic.2014 July 5, Sam Borden, “For bellicose Brazil, payback carries heavy price: Loss of Neymar [International New York Times version: Brazil...

Forms of copacetic

comparative	more copacetic
superlative	most copacetic
alternative form	copasetic
alternative form	kopacetic
alternative form	kopasetic

Origin of copacetic

Stephen Goranson says "there is good reason to think that Irving Bacheller invented the word [with the spelling copasetic] for a fictional character with a private vocabulary in his best-selling and later-serialized 1919 book about Abraham Lincoln in Illinois, A Man for the Ages", and its currency increased by use in the 1920 song "At the New Jump Steady Ball" (see quotation below). Alternatively, it has been speculated that it may have originated among African Americans in the Southern US in the late 19th or early 20th century, perhaps specifically in the jargon of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, who certainly helped popularize it in any case. Many hypotheses about its origin (etymon) exist, all lacking supporting evidence: Possible origins * That it derives from Cajun French coup esètique / coupersètique (“capable of being coped with successfully; able to cope with anything and everything”). * That it derives from a word *copasetti used by Italian speakers in New York. * That it derives from Chinook Jargon copasenee (“everything is satisfactory”) — if the Chinook Jargon term is not itself derived from English. * The common suggestion that the term derives from Hebrew הכל בסדר (hakól...

Words formed from copacetic

copa

Questions about copacetic

What does copacetic mean?: Copacetic means fine, excellent, OK, in excellent order.
What is copacetic in Tamil?: Copacetic in Tamil is சிறப்பமைவான். See Copacetic meaning in Tamil.
How do you use copacetic in a sentence?: Molly-squally, Miss Molly / Yeah, everything copacetic, now
What part of speech is copacetic?: Copacetic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce copacetic?: Copacetic is pronounced /kəʊ.pəˈsɛt.ɪk/ (UK).

Words near copacetic in the dictionary

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