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nickname
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
nickname \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 affectionate familiarity, sportive familiarity, contempt, or derision; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation; as, Nicholas's nickname is Nick. [1913 Webster +PJC] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nickname \Nick"name`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nicknamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nicknaming.] To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname. [1913 Webster] You nickname virtue; vice you should have spoke. --Shak. [1913 Webster] I altogether disclaim what has been nicknamed the doctrine of finality. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
