Cockaignen.

Brit.

/kəˈkeɪn/,

/kɒˈkeɪn/, U.S.

/ˌkɑˈkeɪn/

Forms: Middle English Cokaygn, Middle English Cokaygne, 1600s Cocquany, 1800s Cockayne, 1800s– Cockaigne.

Etymology: < Old French, Middle French Cocagne, Cocaigne (13th cent.; often in pays de Cocagne; French Cocagne), of uncertain and disputed origin.Compare ( < French) Italian cuccagna (14th cent.), Spanish cucaña (17th cent.). In sense 2 with punning allusion to cockney n., with which an actual etymological connection has often been assumed (compare especially Cockneyland n. 1), almost certainly incorrectly.

a. (The name of) an imaginary land in medieval mythology and folklore where there is plenty of good food and drink as well as an abundance of other pleasurable things, but none of the hardships of life; (later also more generally) any imaginary land of abundance and carefree luxury. Sometimes also: pleasurable things in abundance, carefree luxury.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > ideal place > [noun]

heaveneOE

land of behesta1200

Cockaigne?c1335

Fortunate Islands?a1475

eutopia1553

utopia1601

horny gate (also port)1605

nonsucha1618

Americaa1631

El Dorado1788

other world1804

Cockneyland1817

cloud-cuckoo-land1824

Fiddler's Green1825

dreamland1832

Neverland1892

never-never land1900

Big Rock Candy Mountain1917

brave new world1933

Xanadu1948

Disneyland1956

ecotopia1975

?c1335 (a1300) Land of Cokaygne l. 2 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 145 Fur in see bi west Spayngne Is a lond ihote Cokaygne... Þoȝ paradis be miri and briȝt, Cokaygn is of fairir siȝt.

a1679 T. Hobbes Dialogue Common-laws Eng. 24 in Art of Rhetoric (1681) All..the Contentments and ease which some pleasant Men have Related of the Land of Cocquany.

1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago III. 137 Infinite railroads and crystal palaces, peace and plenty, cockaigne and dillettantism.

1862 Bradford Advertiser 15 Mar. 6/1 Many things..could have been mended if it had been in that land of Cockaigne where everything is allowed to be done twice over.

1958 H. O. Nygard Ballad of Heer Halewijn iii. 99 It may be that the wonderland of our ballad stems from the same tradition as does medieval Cockaigne.

2014 H.-W. Sinn Euro Trap viii. 266 Not even central banks operate in a land of Cockaigne where resources can be created out of nothing.

b. In extended use: a real place perceived or imagined as a land of abundance and carefree luxury.

ΚΠ

1854 W. H. Hurlbut Gan-Eden: Pictures of Cuba i. 3 The Northern Anglo-American..finds in tropical Spanish America a Kingdom of Cockaigne.

1901 R. H. Sherard Cry of Poor iii. 39 In my carnet de voyage I noted down against the name Cardiff the words: ‘The Cockaigne of the West’.

1956 Américas Jan. 39/3 El Salvador becomes a veritable Cockaigne, a paradise for gourmands.

2008 P. Temple N. Clerkenwell & Pentonville xi. 267/1 A little Cockaigne of places for entertainment and refreshment, including Sadler's Wells Theatre.

2. humorous. With punning allusion to cockney n. 4: London, esp. as the (frequently idealized) realm of Cockneys; Cockneydom.In quot. 1818 used depreciatively in connection with Leigh Hunt; see Cockney school n. at cockney n. and adj. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in Britain > London

city1556

start1753

Cockaigne1818

the smoke1864

big smoke1898

1818 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 196/2 You [sc. Leigh Hunt] conduct yourself..with a stateliness and hauteur that may be considered, by the youthful nobility of Cockaigne, a perfect model of monarchical dignity, but is, in fact, risibly characteristic of your plebeian origin and education.

1824 Hist. Gaming Houses 48 in Compl. Hist. Murder Mr. Weare This system of trickery..is carried on to a considerable degree of refinement at the high-flying Hells in the Western parts of Cockaigne—i. e. London.

1881 Athenæum 30 July 152/1 The writer is evidently a Cockney, accustomed to the ways and feeling of Cockaigne.

1913 Golden Cross Jrnl. Mar. 6/2 They heaped upon the furious Burgundian all the expressions of ridicule in which the wit of Cockaigne (London) is so immemorially rich.

2013 P. Kildea B. Britten iv. 341 The musicians and administrators then madly refashioning Cockaigne from the ruins of London.

Derivatives

Coˈckaigner n. rare a Londoner; spec. a Cockney; cf. sense 2.In quot. 1842 used depreciatively of John Keats; see Cockney school n. at cockney n. and adj. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun] > one of the common people > born in London

cockney1571

cocknel1605

Cockaigner1842

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > London

Londonerc1460

Londenoys1532

cockney1571

flat cap1599

Londonian1824

Cockneyess1835

Cockaigner1842

cockernee1939

cockney sparrow1961

1842 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 239/2 Steaming with the fragrance of what that unfortunate cockaigner, Johnny Keats, calls ‘lucent syrups tinct with cinnamon’, and all the other sugary nutriments of babyish existence.

1879 Spectator 26 July 946/1 A comfortable old Cockaigner, placidly regarding my own little home at North-Bitton-on-Silverstreak as the prettiest and most comfortable in the world.

1930 Times of India 3 Oct. 6/7 The heart of the Cockaigner beats sound.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cockaigne
释义	Cockaignen. Brit. /kəˈkeɪn/, /kɒˈkeɪn/, U.S. /ˌkɑˈkeɪn/ Forms: Middle English Cokaygn, Middle English Cokaygne, 1600s Cocquany, 1800s Cockayne, 1800s– Cockaigne. Etymology: < Old French, Middle French Cocagne, Cocaigne (13th cent.; often in pays de Cocagne; French Cocagne), of uncertain and disputed origin.Compare ( < French) Italian cuccagna (14th cent.), Spanish cucaña (17th cent.). In sense 2 with punning allusion to cockney n., with which an actual etymological connection has often been assumed (compare especially Cockneyland n. 1), almost certainly incorrectly. 1. a. (The name of) an imaginary land in medieval mythology and folklore where there is plenty of good food and drink as well as an abundance of other pleasurable things, but none of the hardships of life; (later also more generally) any imaginary land of abundance and carefree luxury. Sometimes also: pleasurable things in abundance, carefree luxury. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > faculty of conceiving ideals > ideal place > [noun] heaveneOE land of behesta1200 Cockaigne?c1335 Fortunate Islands?a1475 eutopia1553 utopia1601 horny gate (also port)1605 nonsucha1618 Americaa1631 El Dorado1788 other world1804 Cockneyland1817 cloud-cuckoo-land1824 Fiddler's Green1825 dreamland1832 Neverland1892 never-never land1900 Big Rock Candy Mountain1917 brave new world1933 Xanadu1948 Disneyland1956 ecotopia1975 ?c1335 (a1300) Land of Cokaygne l. 2 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 145 Fur in see bi west Spayngne Is a lond ihote Cokaygne... Þoȝ paradis be miri and briȝt, Cokaygn is of fairir siȝt. a1679 T. Hobbes Dialogue Common-laws Eng. 24 in Art of Rhetoric (1681) All..the Contentments and ease which some pleasant Men have Related of the Land of Cocquany. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago III. 137 Infinite railroads and crystal palaces, peace and plenty, cockaigne and dillettantism. 1862 Bradford Advertiser 15 Mar. 6/1 Many things..could have been mended if it had been in that land of Cockaigne where everything is allowed to be done twice over. 1958 H. O. Nygard Ballad of Heer Halewijn iii. 99 It may be that the wonderland of our ballad stems from the same tradition as does medieval Cockaigne. 2014 H.-W. Sinn Euro Trap viii. 266 Not even central banks operate in a land of Cockaigne where resources can be created out of nothing. b. In extended use: a real place perceived or imagined as a land of abundance and carefree luxury. ΚΠ 1854 W. H. Hurlbut Gan-Eden: Pictures of Cuba i. 3 The Northern Anglo-American..finds in tropical Spanish America a Kingdom of Cockaigne. 1901 R. H. Sherard Cry of Poor iii. 39 In my carnet de voyage I noted down against the name Cardiff the words: ‘The Cockaigne of the West’. 1956 Américas Jan. 39/3 El Salvador becomes a veritable Cockaigne, a paradise for gourmands. 2008 P. Temple N. Clerkenwell & Pentonville xi. 267/1 A little Cockaigne of places for entertainment and refreshment, including Sadler's Wells Theatre. 2. humorous. With punning allusion to cockney n. 4: London, esp. as the (frequently idealized) realm of Cockneys; Cockneydom.In quot. 1818 used depreciatively in connection with Leigh Hunt; see Cockney school n. at cockney n. and adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in Britain > London city1556 start1753 Cockaigne1818 the smoke1864 big smoke1898 1818 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 196/2 You [sc. Leigh Hunt] conduct yourself..with a stateliness and hauteur that may be considered, by the youthful nobility of Cockaigne, a perfect model of monarchical dignity, but is, in fact, risibly characteristic of your plebeian origin and education. 1824 Hist. Gaming Houses 48 in Compl. Hist. Murder Mr. Weare This system of trickery..is carried on to a considerable degree of refinement at the high-flying Hells in the Western parts of Cockaigne—i. e. London. 1881 Athenæum 30 July 152/1 The writer is evidently a Cockney, accustomed to the ways and feeling of Cockaigne. 1913 Golden Cross Jrnl. Mar. 6/2 They heaped upon the furious Burgundian all the expressions of ridicule in which the wit of Cockaigne (London) is so immemorially rich. 2013 P. Kildea B. Britten iv. 341 The musicians and administrators then madly refashioning Cockaigne from the ruins of London. Derivatives Coˈckaigner n. rare a Londoner; spec. a Cockney; cf. sense 2.In quot. 1842 used depreciatively of John Keats; see Cockney school n. at cockney n. and adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun] > one of the common people > born in London cockney1571 cocknel1605 Cockaigner1842 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > London Londonerc1460 Londenoys1532 cockney1571 flat cap1599 Londonian1824 Cockneyess1835 Cockaigner1842 cockernee1939 cockney sparrow1961 1842 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 239/2 Steaming with the fragrance of what that unfortunate cockaigner, Johnny Keats, calls ‘lucent syrups tinct with cinnamon’, and all the other sugary nutriments of babyish existence. 1879 Spectator 26 July 946/1 A comfortable old Cockaigner, placidly regarding my own little home at North-Bitton-on-Silverstreak as the prettiest and most comfortable in the world. 1930 Times of India 3 Oct. 6/7 The heart of the Cockaigner beats sound. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1335
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