cockalorum
Meaning
- A menial yet self-important person; a person who makes empty boasts.
- Boastful speech, crowing.
- A game similar to leapfrog.
Translations
Hyphenated as
cock‧a‧lo‧rum
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɒkəˌlɔːɹəm/
Etymology
In summary
Possibly English cock (“rooster”), with -a- and Latin -lorum suffixed as a fanciful elaboration; or from a Dutch onomatopoeic dialect term kockeloeren (“the cry of a rooster; cock-a-doodle-doo”), hence the modern Dutch verb koekeloeren (“to crow”).
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