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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

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imp. & p. p.

Nicknamed

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p. pr. & vb. n.

Nicknaming

To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.

You

nickname

virtue; vice you should have spoke.

Shakespeare

I altogether disclaim what has been

nicknamed

the doctrine of finality.

Macaulay.

Noun.

[G. To banter. Signifies to surname, to call by a name of reproach.] A name given in contempt, derision or reproach; an opprobrious appellation.

Verb.

To give a name of reproach; to call by an opprobrious appellation.

You nickname virtue vice.