cloud-cuckoo-land
noun/klaʊdˈkʊkuːlænd/ · /klaʊdˈkukulænd/
Etymology Calque of Ancient Greek Νεφελοκοκκυγία (Nephelokokkugía), from Aristophanes.
1
An imaginary place where silly or unrealistic people metaphorically reside.
- That glabrous dome that lifts itself so grand, / There in the marish, is the omphalos, / The navel, umbo, middle, central boss / Of the unique, sole, true Cloud-Cuckoo Land.1916, Aldous Huxley, “The Walk”, in The Burning Wheel:
- Synonyms
- never-never land
- Related terms
- nephelococcygia