NICKNAME

nickname. Nickname, n. a byname; v.t. to give a byname

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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.