kokumadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈkəʊkəm/, U.S.

/ˈkoʊkəm/, Australian English

/ˈkoʊkəm/, New Zealand English /ˈkʌukəm/

Forms: 1800s cocum, 1800s kocum, 1800s– cokum, 1800s– kokum.

Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish khokhem.

Etymology: < Yiddish khokhem wise, prudent < Hebrew ḥāḵām wise, prudent < the same Semitic base as Arabic ḥakīm learned person (see hakim n.²).The use as noun appears to show a development within English; Yiddish khokhem and its Hebrew etymon are also attested as nouns, but only in the sense ‘wise person, sage’.

British, Australian, and New Zealand slang.

A. adj.

Smart, cunning. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective]

warec888

craftyOE

hinderyeapc1000

yepec1000

foxc1175

slya1200

hinderc1200

quaint?c1225

wrenchfulc1225

wiltfula1250

wilyc1330

subtle1340

cautelous138.

sleightful1380

subtile1387

enginousa1393

wilfula1400

wilyc1407

sleighty1412

serpentinec1422

ginnousa1425

wittya1425

semyc1440

artificial?a1475

sleight1495

slapea1500

shrewdc1525

craftly1526

foxy1528

gleering?1533

foxish1535

insidious1545

vafrous1548

wily beguile1550

wilely1556

fine1559

todly1571

practic1585

subdolous1588

captious1590

witryff1598

cautel1606

cunninga1616

versute1616

shiftfula1618

artificious1624

insidiary1625

canny1628

lapwing-like1638

pawky?a1640

tricksome1648

callid1656

versutious1660

artful1663

slim1674

dexterous1701

trickish1705

supple1710

slid1719

vulpinary1721

tricksy1766

trickful1775

sneck-drawing1786

tricky1786

louche1819

sneck-drawn1820

slyish1828

vulpine1830

kokum1839

spidery1843

dodgy1861

ladino1863

carney1881

slinky1951

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective] > of speech, action

readya1400

politicc1430

feat1519

handsome?1543

witty1551

political1577

conceited1583

shrewd1761

sagacious1831

kokum1839

1839 H. Brandon Dict. Flash or Cant Lang. in W. A. Miles Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 162/1 Cocum, very cunning and sly. To fight cocum, to be wary.

1932 Otaki (N.Z.) Mail 27 Apr. (advt.) Screen's merriest funmakers bounce back with grand new laughs in a joyous carnival of happy kokum comedy.

B. n.

1. Good sense; acumen; judgement. Now rare.In predicative uses such as to be kokum, kokum could instead be interpreted as an adjective with the sense ‘sensible, prudent’ (cf. sense A.). to be good (or bad) kokum: to be a good (or bad) idea.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [noun]

shedc950

skilla1200

skillwisenessa1200

doomc1374

subtilitya1398

subtiltyc1405

subtletya1425

dijudication1549

choice1583

decernment1586

quiddity1602

discerning1608

discernance1612

sensea1616

sense of things1648

tact1797

appreciation1810

kokum1848

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun]

sharpnessc897

yepshipc1000

insightc1175

yepleȝȝcc1175

yephedea1250

wit1297

fellnessa1382

policyc1440

discerningc1450

policec1450

inspectiona1527

perceivance1534

aptitude1548

sagacity1548

acuity?1549

nimbleness1561

acumen1579

seeing eye1579

esprit1591

acuteness1601

depth1605

penetration1605

knowingness1611

shrewdnessa1616

piercingnessa1628

discernment1646

sharpwittedness1647

nasuteness1660

arguteness1662

sagaciousness1678

perceptivity1700

keenness1707

cuteness1768

intuition1780

recollectedness1796

long-headedness1818

perceptiveness1823

kokum1848

incision1862

incisiveness1865

penetrativeness1873

flair1881

hard-boiledness1912

smart1964

spikiness1977

sus1979

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > [noun]

witc1175

sensea1382

conscience1449

mother witc1475

common wit1517

common sense1536

philosophy1557

good sense?1562

sconce1567

mother-sense1603

ingenuity1651

bonsense1681

rumgumption1686

nous1706

gumption?1719

rummlegumption1751

savvy1785

horse sense1832

kokum1848

sabe1872

common1899

marbles1902

gump1920

loaf1925

1848 Sydney Daily Advertiser 11 Oct. We both have reached a time of life When 'tis good ‘Cokum’, lad, to buy ‘a knife’.

1861 H. Earle Ups & Downs 224 No one was allowed to get drunk; the governor said as how it wasn't cokum.

1865 Leaves from Diary Celebrated Burglar 6/1 This house..was a well known resort of the Leeds ‘cross’, and we knew that, and that it was bad ‘cocum’ to go there.

1910 Nelson (N.Z.) Evening Mail 18 July 4/5 Ordinary ‘cokum’ would have suggested that by way of compensation for the extra traffic some of the gravel being moved should have been laid in the tracks of the carts.

1946 Truth (Brisbane) 24 Nov. 2 Trainer George Anderson showed good kokum when he teamed up with jockey Russell Maddock for the Doomben doings yesterday.

†2. Advantageous or favourable circumstances; luck. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > good fortune

hapc1225

whatec1330

fortune1390

felicity1393

good luck1481

lucka1500

Lady Lucka1535

happiness1540

goodhap1557

faustity1656

serendipity1754

kokum1851

bonanza1878

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 259/2 It's about 6d. a night to me for singing and patter in the tap-room. That's my cokum (advantage).

1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Cocum, advantage, luck, resources; ‘Jack's got cocum, he's safe to get on, he is,’—viz, he starts under favourable circumstances.

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

单词	kokum
释义	kokumadj.n. Brit. /ˈkəʊkəm/, U.S. /ˈkoʊkəm/, Australian English /ˈkoʊkəm/, New Zealand English /ˈkʌukəm/ Forms: 1800s cocum, 1800s kocum, 1800s– cokum, 1800s– kokum. Origin: A borrowing from Yiddish. Etymon: Yiddish khokhem. Etymology: < Yiddish khokhem wise, prudent < Hebrew ḥāḵām wise, prudent < the same Semitic base as Arabic ḥakīm learned person (see hakim n.²).The use as noun appears to show a development within English; Yiddish khokhem and its Hebrew etymon are also attested as nouns, but only in the sense ‘wise person, sage’. British, Australian, and New Zealand slang. A. adj. Smart, cunning. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] warec888 craftyOE hinderyeapc1000 yepec1000 foxc1175 slya1200 hinderc1200 quaint?c1225 wrenchfulc1225 wiltfula1250 wilyc1330 subtle1340 cautelous138. sleightful1380 subtile1387 enginousa1393 wilfula1400 wilyc1407 sleighty1412 serpentinec1422 ginnousa1425 wittya1425 semyc1440 artificial?a1475 sleight1495 slapea1500 shrewdc1525 craftly1526 foxy1528 gleering?1533 foxish1535 insidious1545 vafrous1548 wily beguile1550 wilely1556 fine1559 todly1571 practic1585 subdolous1588 captious1590 witryff1598 cautel1606 cunninga1616 versute1616 shiftfula1618 artificious1624 insidiary1625 canny1628 lapwing-like1638 pawky?a1640 tricksome1648 callid1656 versutious1660 artful1663 slim1674 dexterous1701 trickish1705 supple1710 slid1719 vulpinary1721 tricksy1766 trickful1775 sneck-drawing1786 tricky1786 louche1819 sneck-drawn1820 slyish1828 vulpine1830 kokum1839 spidery1843 dodgy1861 ladino1863 carney1881 slinky1951 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective] > of speech, action readya1400 politicc1430 feat1519 handsome?1543 witty1551 political1577 conceited1583 shrewd1761 sagacious1831 kokum1839 1839 H. Brandon Dict. Flash or Cant Lang. in W. A. Miles Poverty, Mendicity & Crime 162/1 Cocum, very cunning and sly. To fight cocum, to be wary. 1932 Otaki (N.Z.) Mail 27 Apr. (advt.) Screen's merriest funmakers bounce back with grand new laughs in a joyous carnival of happy kokum comedy. B. n. 1. Good sense; acumen; judgement. Now rare.In predicative uses such as to be kokum, kokum could instead be interpreted as an adjective with the sense ‘sensible, prudent’ (cf. sense A.). to be good (or bad) kokum: to be a good (or bad) idea. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [noun] shedc950 skilla1200 skillwisenessa1200 doomc1374 subtilitya1398 subtiltyc1405 subtletya1425 dijudication1549 choice1583 decernment1586 quiddity1602 discerning1608 discernance1612 sensea1616 sense of things1648 tact1797 appreciation1810 kokum1848 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun] sharpnessc897 yepshipc1000 insightc1175 yepleȝȝcc1175 yephedea1250 wit1297 fellnessa1382 policyc1440 discerningc1450 policec1450 inspectiona1527 perceivance1534 aptitude1548 sagacity1548 acuity?1549 nimbleness1561 acumen1579 seeing eye1579 esprit1591 acuteness1601 depth1605 penetration1605 knowingness1611 shrewdnessa1616 piercingnessa1628 discernment1646 sharpwittedness1647 nasuteness1660 arguteness1662 sagaciousness1678 perceptivity1700 keenness1707 cuteness1768 intuition1780 recollectedness1796 long-headedness1818 perceptiveness1823 kokum1848 incision1862 incisiveness1865 penetrativeness1873 flair1881 hard-boiledness1912 smart1964 spikiness1977 sus1979 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > [noun] witc1175 sensea1382 conscience1449 mother witc1475 common wit1517 common sense1536 philosophy1557 good sense?1562 sconce1567 mother-sense1603 ingenuity1651 bonsense1681 rumgumption1686 nous1706 gumption?1719 rummlegumption1751 savvy1785 horse sense1832 kokum1848 sabe1872 common1899 marbles1902 gump1920 loaf1925 1848 Sydney Daily Advertiser 11 Oct. We both have reached a time of life When 'tis good ‘Cokum’, lad, to buy ‘a knife’. 1861 H. Earle Ups & Downs 224 No one was allowed to get drunk; the governor said as how it wasn't cokum. 1865 Leaves from Diary Celebrated Burglar 6/1 This house..was a well known resort of the Leeds ‘cross’, and we knew that, and that it was bad ‘cocum’ to go there. 1910 Nelson (N.Z.) Evening Mail 18 July 4/5 Ordinary ‘cokum’ would have suggested that by way of compensation for the extra traffic some of the gravel being moved should have been laid in the tracks of the carts. 1946 Truth (Brisbane) 24 Nov. 2 Trainer George Anderson showed good kokum when he teamed up with jockey Russell Maddock for the Doomben doings yesterday. †2. Advantageous or favourable circumstances; luck. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > good fortune hapc1225 whatec1330 fortune1390 felicity1393 good luck1481 lucka1500 Lady Lucka1535 happiness1540 goodhap1557 faustity1656 serendipity1754 kokum1851 bonanza1878 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 259/2 It's about 6d. a night to me for singing and patter in the tap-room. That's my cokum (advantage). 1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Cocum, advantage, luck, resources; ‘Jack's got cocum, he's safe to get on, he is,’—viz, he starts under favourable circumstances. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1839
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