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NICKNAMES
Noun
nicknames
plural of nickname
Source: Wiktionary
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.]
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
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