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   nickname (?), 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 affectionate familiarity, sportive familiarity, contempt, or derision; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation; as, “Nicholas's nickname is Nick”.
   
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   Nickname, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nicknamed (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Nicknaming.] To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.
   
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   You nickname virtue; vice you should have spoke. Shak.
   
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   I altogether disclaim what has been nicknamed the doctrine of finality. Macaulay.
   
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