nicknames
plural of nickname
Source: Wiktionary
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.]
Definition: 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.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 January 2025
(noun) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
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