nickname
nickname , noun
[Old English ekename surname, hence, a nickname, an ekename being understood as a nekename, influenced also by English 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.
Nickname (#) , transitive verb
To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.
You nickname virtue; vice you should have spoke.
I altogether disclaim what has been nicknamed the doctrine of finality.