Definitions For Cockalorum

Noun

COCKALORUM. (countable and uncountable, plural COCKALORUMs) (countable) A menial yet self-important person; a person who makes empty boast#verb, boasts. (uncountable) boastful, boastful speech, crowing#noun, crowing. (uncountable) A game similar to leapfrog.

Translations

Dutch: snoeshaan, m Romanian: cocalar, m

See also

cock-a-hoop cock-and-bull story cockiness crowing

Etymology

Possibly {{cog, en, cock, , rooster}}, with -a- and {{etyl, la, en}} -lorum suffixed as a fanciful elaboration; or from a {{etyl, nl, en}} onomatopoeia, onomatopoeic dialect term kockeloeren, , the cry of a rooster; cock-a-doodle-doo, hence the modern Dutch verb koekeloeren, , to crow#verb, crow.