Category:Nickname

Nick"name`, n. Etym: [oe. ekename surname, hence, a nickname, an Ekename being understood as a nekename, influenced also by e. nick, V. See eke, and name.]

Defn: a name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a Familiar or an opprobrious appellation.

Nickname Nick"name`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nicknamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nicknaming.]

Defn: 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.