Cockalorum Definition

kŏkə-lôrəm
noun
A little man with an exaggerated idea of his own importance.
Webster's New World
Boastful talk; crowing.
Webster's New World

A menial, yet self-important man, empty boaster.

Wiktionary

The game leapfrog.

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Other Word Forms of Cockalorum

Noun

Singular:
cockalorum
Plural:
cockalorums

Origin of Cockalorum

  • Perhaps alteration (influenced by Latin -ōrum genitive pl. ending) of obsolete Flemish kockeloeren to crow of imitative origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Probably from a Dutch dialectal kockeloeren an onomatopeia; hence modern Dutch verb koekeloeren (“to crow”).

    From Wiktionary

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