cockalorum

[ kok-uh-lawr-uhm, -lohr- ]

noun

1. a self-important little man.

cockalorum

/ ˌkɒkəˈlɔːrəm /

noun

1. a self-important little man
2. bragging talk; crowing

Word History and Origins

Origin of cockalorum¹

First recorded in 1705–15; pseudo-Latin, equivalent to cock + fanciful -al- + Latin genitive plural ending -ōrum; cock ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of cockalorum¹

C18: from cock ¹+ -alorum, a variant of Latin genitive plural ending -orum; perhaps intended to suggest: the cock of all cocks

Example Sentences

The Cockalorum pondered over this for a moment, and then murmuring, "I prefer croquet," floundered away through the waving grass.

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Meanwhile the Cockalorum is gorging himself with information.

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He said he was thunderin' glad to hear it, as he himself was something of a high cockalorum of New York.

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Before I could speak, in came the highest cockalorum among the Japanese, which wasn't very high after all.

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Itll be a hard job to trail the sub, but as long as the High Cockalorum is up in the air, we can keep tabs on him.

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