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nickname |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nickname \Nick"name`\, n. [OE. ekename surname, hence a nickname, an ekename being understood as a nekename, influenced also by E. nick, v. See {Eke}, and {Name}.] A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nickname \Nick"name`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nicknamed}; p. pr & vb n. {Nicknaming}.] To give a nickname to to call by a nickname. You nickname virtue; vice you should have spoke. --Shak. I altogether disclaim what has been nicknamed the doctrine of finality. --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: nickname n : a familiar name (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph" [syn: {moniker}, {cognomen}, {sobriquet}, {soubriquet}] v : give a nickname to [syn: {dub}]
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