Cock·aigne (k -k n )n. An imaginary land of easy and luxurious living. [Middle English cokaigne, from Old French, from (pais de) cokaigne, (land of) plenty, from Middle Low German k  kenje, diminutive of kke, cake.] |
Cockaigne, Cockayne [kɒˈkeɪn]
n
(Myth & Legend / European Myth & Legend) Medieval legend an imaginary land of luxury and idleness
[from Old French cocaigne, from Middle Low German kōkenje small cake (of which the houses in the imaginary land are built); related to Spanish cucaña, Italian cuccagna]
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| Noun | 1. | Cockaigne - (Middle Ages) an imaginary land of luxury and idleness fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place - a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings Dark Ages, Middle Ages - the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance |
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