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cockamamy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cocka-mamy
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

foolish, silly

adj

trifling

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Cockamamie (a marketing term for a child's rub-on tattoo), a deliberate mispronunciation of decalcomania.

Inflected Forms

more cockamamy (comparative) most cockamamy (superlative) cockamamie (alternative)

Synonyms

cockamamie

Questions

What does cockamamy mean?
foolish, silly
Where does cockamamy come from?
From Cockamamie (a marketing term for a child's rub-on tattoo), a deliberate mispronunciation of decalcomania.

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