Definition of Nicknames. Meaning of Nicknames. Synonyms of Nicknames
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Definition of Nicknames
Nickname 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.
Nickname 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.
