NICKNAME


Meaning of NICKNAME in English

■ noun a familiar or humorous name for a person or thing.

■ verb give a ~ to.

Origin

ME: from an eke-name ( eke meaning 'addition': see eke 2 ), misinterpreted (by wrong division) as a neke name .

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