Definition of "copacetic" []

• 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). (adjective)

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• "Word History: We know very little about the origin of the word copacetic, meaning "excellent, first-rate.""
• "If copacetic is Creole French in origin, it would also have a Southern homeland."
• "I don't know if that's the right way to use the word copacetic, but I know what you mean and yes, got it."