Cockaigne

Cock·aigne

 (kŏ-kān′)

n.

An imaginary land of easy and luxurious living.

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[Middle English cokaigne, from Old French, from (pais de) cokaigne, (land of) plenty, from Middle Low German kōkenje, diminutive of kōke, cake.]

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Cockaigne

(kɒˈkeɪn) or

Cockayne

n

(European Myth & Legend) medieval legend an imaginary land of luxury and idleness

[C14: 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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Cock•aigne

or Cock•ayne

(kɒˈkeɪn)

n.

a fabled land of luxury and idleness.

[1250–1300; Middle English cokaygn(e) < Middle French (paide) cocaigne (land of) Cockaigne, idler's paradise]

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Thesaurus

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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Translations

Schlaraffenland