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copesetic

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co⋅pe⋅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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copacetic 
1919, but it may have origins in 19c. Amer.Eng. Southern black speech. Origin unknown, suspects include Latin, Yiddish (cf. Heb. kol b'seder), Italian, Louisiana French (coupe-sétique), and Native American. None is considered convincing by linguists.
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