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cockalorum

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cock⋅a⋅lo⋅rum

  [kok-uh-lawr-uhm, -lohr-]
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–noun
a self-important little man.
Origin:
1705–15; mock Latin, equiv. to cock 1 + fanciful -al- + L gen. pl. ending -ōrum
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cock·a·lo·rum   (kŏk'ə-lôr'əm, -lōr'-)   
n.  

  1. A little man with an unduly high opinion of himself.

  2. Boastful talk; braggadocio.


[Perhaps alteration (influenced by Latin -ōrum, genitive pl. ending) of obsolete Flemish kockeloeren, to crow, of imitative origin.]
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