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copasetic

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co⋅pa⋅set⋅ic

[koh-puh-set-ik, -see-tik]
–adjective
copacetic.

co⋅pa⋅cet⋅ic

[koh-puh-set-ik, -see-tik]
–adjective Slang.
fine; completely satisfactory; OK.


Origin:
1915–20, Americanism; of obscure orig; popular attributions of the word to LaF, It, Heb, etc., lack supporting evidence
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co·pa·cet·ic or co·pa·set·ic   (kō'pə-sět'ĭk)   
adj.  Very satisfactory or acceptable; fine: "You had to be a good judge of what a man was like, and the English was copacetic" (John O'Hara).

[Origin unknown.]
co·pa·set·ic   (kō'pə-sět'ĭk)   
adj.  Variant of copacetic.
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