Akademik
hunky-dory
adj. esp. US colloq. excellent.
Etymology
: 19th c.:
orig
. unkn.
* * *
hunky-dory
[ˌhʌŋki ˈdɔːri]
[ˌhʌŋki ˈdɔːri]
adjective
not before noun
(
informal
)
if you say that everything is hunky-dory, you mean that there are no problems and that everyone is happy
Word Origin:
[
hunky-dory
]
mid 19th cent.
(originally US):
hunky
from
Dutch
honk
‘home, base’
(in
games
); the origin of
dory
is unknown.
Useful english dictionary
.
2012
.