God's cope
/ɡɒdz ˈkəʊp/Now archaic and rare
noun
A proverbial expression for: something impossible to obtain; a very large sum.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in The Tale of Beryn. Probably from the genitive of god + either cope (although this is apparently first attested later) or its etymon Middle Dutch coop purchase, financial transaction (Dutch koop).
- impregnation
- impresario
- imprescriptible
- impress
- impressible
- impression
- impressionability
- impressionable
- impressionableness
- impressionably
- impressional
- impressionism
- impressionist
- impressionistic
- impressionistically
- impressive
- impressively
- impressiveness
- impressment
- imprest
- imprimatur
- imprint
- imprison
- imprisoned
- imprisonment