Cockalorum
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkɒkəˌlɔːɹəm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cockalorum is a noun meaning (countable) A menial yet self-important person; a person who makes empty boasts.
Meaning
(countable) A menial yet self-important person; a person who makes empty boasts.
More Meanings
- (uncountable) Boastful speech, crowing.
- (uncountable) A game similar to leapfrog.
Example Sentences
We played cockalorum from one side of the street to the other.
A Trifle from Your Own Cockalorum, Dyngwell the Dragoon. […] Come round me, my gay Cockalorums, / And list to your own Militaire, / Who'll stand you a dozen of jorums, / And sing you a rum-ti-tum air.
I remark that everyone (with the exception of such Cockalorums as the Guard, who rather stands on the dignity of his uniform, I imagine) understands the Captain's English, while they don't seem to get on very well with my French.
Senator Lt.-Col. GOULD.—The honorable senator does not regard the members of the Commission as infallible? / Senator GIVENS.—I do not. I think that the Chairman of the Commission is inclined to look upon himself as a sort of tin god—the Lord High Cockalorum of the Commonwealth, to whom everyone must bow down.
Word Forms
- cockalorums
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include living, vie, lifetime, life, cocky, braggart.
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