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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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
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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
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Example Sentences

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

Meanwhile the Cockalorum is gorging himself with information.

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

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

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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