Definitions for cockaigne
kɒˈkeɪncock·aigne

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cockaignenoun

   (Middle Ages) an imaginary land of luxury and idleness

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1. Cockaignenoun

   A land in medieval myth, a land of plenty, a land of luxury and idleness.

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1. Cockaigne

   Cockaigne or Cockayne () is a land of plenty in medieval myth, an imaginary place of extreme luxury and ease where physical comforts and pleasures are always immediately at hand and where the harshness of medieval peasant life does not exist. Specifically, in poems like The Land of Cockaigne, it is a land of contraries, where all the restrictions of society are defied (abbots beaten by their monks), sexual liberty is open (nuns flipped over to show their bottoms), and food is plentiful (skies that rain cheese). Writing about Cockaigne was commonplace in Goliard verse. It represented both wish fulfillment and resentment at scarcity and the strictures of asceticism.

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1. cockaigne

   Cockaigne is a mythical medieval land of plenty, an imaginary place of extreme luxury and ease where physical comforts and pleasures are always immediately at hand and where the harshness of medieval peasant life does not exist. The term was often used in Middle Age literature.

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1. Cockaigne

   Cockaigne or Cockayne is a medieval trope denoting a mythical land of plenty, an imaginary place of extreme luxury and ease where physical comforts and pleasures are always immediately at hand and where the harshness of medieval peasant life does not exist. Specifically, in poems like The Land of Cockaigne, Cockaigne is a land of contraries, where all the restrictions of society are defied, sexual liberty is open, and food is plentiful. Writing about Cockaigne was a commonplace of Goliard verse. It represented both wish fulfillment and resentment at the strictures of asceticism and dearth.

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1. Cockaigne

   Cockayne, kok-ān′, n. an imaginary country of luxury and delight. [Ety. dub.; Fr. cocagne, acc. to some from L. coquĕre, to cook.]

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1. Cockaigne

   an imaginary land of idleness and luxury, from a satirical poem of that name (coquina, a kitchen), where the monks live in an abbey built of pasties, the rivers run with wine, and the geese fly through the air ready roasted. The name has been applied to London and Paris.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cockaigne in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cockaigne in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cockaigne
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cockaigne
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockaigne
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=cockaigne
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=cockaigne
7. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Cockaigne