copacetic

American Heritage Dictionary:

co·pa·cet·ic

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or co·pa·set·ic (kō'pə-sĕt'ĭk) pronunciation

adj.
Very satisfactory or acceptable; fine: "You had to be a good judge of what a man was like, and the English was copacetic" (John O'Hara).

[Origin unknown.]

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adjective
/kəυpə'setɪk, -'si:tɪk/ Also copasetic /kəυpə'setɪk, -'si:tɪk/
Also copasetic
adjective, US

Fine, excellent. (1919 —) .
Down Beat We hear two city cops chatting. 'Well, everything seems copasetic,' says one. 'Yeah, we might as well move on,' the other agrees (1969).

[Origin unknown.]

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Translations:

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - helt i orden

Nederlands (Dutch)
prima

Français (French)
adj. - (US) génial

Deutsch (German)
adj. - (slang) ausgezeichnet

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (ΗΠΑ, καθομ.) φίνος, μέγκλα

Italiano (Italian)
eccellente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ótimo (gír.)

Русский (Russian)
клевый, классный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - muy satisfactorio

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - finfin (am. sl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
极好的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 極好的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 훌륭한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 満足な, 申し分のない, 素晴らしい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جيد جدا, قابل للتدبير, يتدبر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מצויין‬

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