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nickname

n. விளையாட்டுப் பெயர், செல்லப்பெயர், (வினை.) செல்லப் பெயரிட்டழை, விளையாட்டுப் பெயர் கொடு.


Nick"name`, n. Etym: [OE. ekename surname, hence, a nickname, an ekename being understood as a nekename, influenced also by E. nick, v. See Eke, and Name.] Defn: A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation. Nick"name`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nicknamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nicknaming.] 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.


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