Definition of Nickneme
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.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
NICKNAME. A name given in ridicule or contempt: from
the French nom de niqne. Niqne is a movement of the head
to mark a contempt for any person or thing.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing.
- give a nickname to (a person or thing).
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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