What does "nickname" mean?
Nickname: A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.
Additional senses
- 2.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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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