cockalorum

noun cock·a·lo·rum \ˌkä-kə-ˈlȯr-əm\

plural cock·a·lo·rums

Definition of COCKALORUM

: a boastful and self-important person

: boastful talk

probably modification of obsolete Dutch dialect kockeloeren to crow, of imitative origin

First Known Use: circa 1715

Synonyms: bluster, brag, braggadocio, bull [slang], bombast, fanfaronade, gas, gasconade, grandiloquence, hot air, magniloquence, rant, rodomontade (also rhodomontade)

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