Nickname Definition

nĭknām
nicknamed, nicknames
noun
nicknames
An additional or substitute name given to a person, place, or thing.
Webster's New World
A familiar, often shorter, form of a proper name, as “Dick” for “Richard”
Webster's New World
verb
nicknamed, nicknames
To give a nickname to.
Webster's New World
To misname.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Nickname

Noun

Singular:
nickname
Plural:
nicknames

Origin of Nickname

  • Middle English neke name from a neke name alteration of an eke name eke addition (from Old English ēaca aug- in Indo-European roots) name name name

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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