Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Today's words

Cockaigne - an imaginary land of great luxury and ease
I kind of knew this because of The Joy of Cooking, in which the authors use it in the name of recipes they feel are particularly noteworthy.  But I'd forgotten it.


Ruritanian - of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an imaginary place of high romance
Ruritania first appears about 6 centuries after Cockaigne.  

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