cockamamie
Foolish, ill-considered, silly, unbelievableFoolish, ill-considered, silly, unbelievable.
» He told the boss some cockamamie story about being sick and needing days off from work.
Он навешал начальнику лапшу на уши о том, что он болен и несколько дней не сможет работать. — soweli_Elepanto
darinmex · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(informal)Foolish, ill-considered, silly, unbelievable.
Do not give any more cockamamie reasons for failing to complete your assignment.
verrückt, unvernünftig
вздорныйvzdornyj
Trifling.
- informal term for ridiculous and implausible
Examples
1 sentencesHe told the boss some cockamamie story about being sick and needing days off from work.
ruОн навешал начальнику лапшу на уши о том, что он болен и несколько дней не сможет работать. — soweli_Elepanto
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
Possible corruption of French décalcomanie (“process of transferring designs onto surfacesPossible corruption of French décalcomanie (“process of transferring designs onto surfaces using decals”); sometimes erroneously claimed to derive from Yiddish.
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Forms
more cockamamie, most cockamamie| Comparative | more cockamamie Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most cockamamie Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
57 synonymsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.