Citations:cockalorum

English citations of cockalorum

1. A menial, yet self-important man; a man who makes empty boasts.
   • 1984, Joseph T. Shipley, The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, Baltimore, N.Y., London: Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 12:

     high cockalorum, with its mock-Latin ending, a cry of triumph in some 19th c. games, now is applied to a little fellow with a big opinion of himself.

2. Boastful speech, crowing.
3. A game similar to leapfrog.