Today's Word "Cockaigne"
Imaginary land of ease and luxury.
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Cockaigne \kah-KAYN\ (noun) - An imaginary land of ease and luxury.
"While analogues exist between the literary genre and other utopic forms, Utopian literature is not: myth, fantasy, folktale, Cockaigne or Earthly Paradise..." -- Alexandra Aldridge, 'The Scientific World in Dystopia'
Cockaigne comes from Middle English cokaygne, from Middle French (pais de) cocaigne "(land of) plenty," ultimately adapted or derived from a word meaning "cake."
