Associations to the word «Cockamamie»

Wiktionary

COCKAMAMIE, noun. (US) (chiefly dated) A decal, a design that can be transferred to a surface.
COCKAMAMIE, noun. A foolish or ridiculous person.
COCKAMAMIE, adjective. Foolish, ill-considered, silly, unbelievable.
COCKAMAMIE, adjective. Trifling.

Dictionary definition

COCKAMAMIE, adjective. Ludicrous, foolish; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin