Category:Sobriquet

So`bri`quet" (so`bre`kay"), n.Etym: [f. sobriquet, of. soubzbriquet, Soubriquet, a chuck under the chin, hence, an affront, a nickname; of Uncertain origin; cf. It. sottobecco a chuck under the chin.]

Defn: an assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname. [sometimes less correctly written soubriquet.]