Nickname
Pronunciation : Nick"name`
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. ekename surname, hence, a nickname, an ekename being understood as a nekename, influenced also by E. nick, v. See Eke, and Name.]
Definition : Defn: A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Nick"name`
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Nicknamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nicknaming.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913