COPACETIC rides again

Alan H. Hartley ahartley at D.UMN.EDU
Tue Jul 3 19:53:51 UTC 2001


The Amer. Her. Dict. (3d ed.) has a long note on the origin, mentioning
several possible sources (not incl. CJ), and concluding that the origin
is unknown. The OED first records it from 1919.

Alan



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