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Copacetic: Variant(s): also co∑pa∑set∑ic or co∑pe∑set∑ic /
"kO-p&-'se-tik
/
Function: adjective
Etymology: origin unknown
Definition: "very satisfactory"

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary online.

World Wide Words: "Fine, excellent, going just right." Itís possible that this word has created more column inches of speculation in the USA than any other apart from OK. Itís rare to the point of invisibility outside North America. People mostly become aware of it in the sixties as a result of the US space programóitís very much a Right Stuff kind of word.
   "A ...frequent explanation is that it derives from one of two Hebrew expressions, hakol bíseder, ìall is in orderî, or kol bítzedek, ìall with justiceî, which it is suggested were introduced into the USA by Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrants. Yet other accounts say it derives from a Chinook word copasenee, ìeverything is satisfactoryî, once used on the waterways of Washington State, or from the French coupersetique, from couper, ìto strikeî, or from the French phrase copain(s) cíest Èpatant!buddy(s), thatís great!î).
                                    [Michael Quinion, World Wide Words,
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-cop1.htm]

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