sobriquetn.
/ˈsəʊbrᵻkeɪ/, U.S. /ˈˌsoʊbrəˈˌkeɪ/, /ˈˌsoʊbrəˈˌkɛt/ An epithet, a nickname.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > nickname or additional name
to-namec950
eke-name1303
surnamec1330
bynamec1374
nickname1440
addition1472
epitheton1570
by-term1579
epithet1579
agnomination1590
adjunct1598
apathaton1598
byword1598
nurse-name1605
familiar name1611
suradditiona1616
sobriquet1646
agname1652
last name1695
agnomen1809
cognomen1811
soubriquet1818
nickery1823
handle1838
cognomination1843
moniker1851
eponym1863
adname1890
tag1961
1646 G. Buck Hist. Life Richard III i. 4 It is controverted amongst the Antiquaries and Heralds, which Earle of Anjou first bare the Sirname and Sobriquet of Plantagenest, or Plantagenet.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 30 This name was one of the Sobriquets, or penitential nick-names.
1757 W. Stukeley Acct. Richard of Cirencester 8 Most of the names then were what we call sobriquets, travelling names,..what we call nick-names.
1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. ii. vi. 298 The Chronicle..gives him the sobriquet of Annuine.
1860 G. J. Adler tr. C. C. Fauriel Hist. Provençal Poetry xvi. 364 In his verses he never designated her but by a species of poetic sobriquet.
1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 57 Because of this reprehensible state of the town, Whithorn got a not very complimentary sobriquet.
Derivatives
ˈsobriquet v. transitive to nickname.
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the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > give or call by nickname
nickname1567
byname1587
agnominate1595
nick1607
cognominate1609
agname1652
to-name1775
cognomen1831
sobriquet1842
cognominize1849
soubriquet1880
moniker1923
1842 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 9 683 He has been sobriquetted by..Tom Moore, as the Rev. Murtagh O'Mulligan.
sobriˈquetical adj. of or relating to sobriquets.
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the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [adjective] > relating to additional name or nickname
agnominal1652
sobriquetical1875
1875 M. A. Lower Eng. Surnames (ed. 4) II. 23 Surnames, geographical, topographical,..sobriquetical,..and historical.
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