SOBRIQUETS

Noun

sobriquets

plural of sobriquet

Source: Wiktionary


SOBRIQUET

So`bri`quet" (so`bre`kay"), n.Etym: [F. sobriquet, OF. soubzbriquet, soubriquet, a chuck under the chin, hence, an affront, a nickname; of uncertain origin; cf. It. sottobecco a chuck under the chin.]

Definition: An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname. [Sometimes less correctly written soubriquet.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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