Etymology

Cockayne

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Today it means: A surname from Middle English. Full definition →

Middle English cokayne
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  1. Middle English · derived fromcokayne“cloud-cuckooland, Cockaigne”
  2. English todayCockayne

From Middle English cokayne (“cloud-cuckooland, Cockaigne”), a nickname for an idle dreamer.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.