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Definitions for Cockamamie
[1] ridiculous, pointless, or nonsensical: full of wild schemes and cockamamie ideas.
[2] slang , mainly US ridiculous or nonsensical a cockamamie story
Words related to Cockamamie
insane, crazy, stupid, incoherent, unreasonable, preposterous, unsound, wrong, ridiculous, absurd, unwise, foolish, aberrant, unimaginable, incredible, astonishing, improbable, outlandish, implausible, impossible
Words nearby Cockamamie
cock-of-the-rock, cockabully, cockade, cockaigne, cockalorum, cockamamie, cockapoo, cockatiel, cockatoo, cockatrice, cockayne
Origin of Cockamamie
probably earlier than 1940–45, Americanism ; in orig. sense, paper strip with an image which could be transferred to the skin when moistened, apparently alteration of decalcomania; sense “ridiculous” probably by association with cock-and-bull story, poppycock, etc.
Word origin for Cockamamie
C20: in an earlier sense: a paper transfer, prob. a variant of decalcomania
Synonyms for Cockamamie
aberrant, absurd, crazy, foolish, incoherent, insane, preposterous, ridiculous, stupid, unreasonable, unsound, unwise, wrong, invalid, loony, raving, silly, wild, brainless, delirious, demented, disconnected, disjointed, distraught, fallacious, flaky, freaky, injudicious, kooky, mad, mindless, nonsensical, nutty, off-the-wall, reasonless, sophistic, specious, unreasoning, unstable, unthinking, wacky