v. t.
You nickname virtue; vice you should have spoke. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
I altogether disclaim what has been nicknamed the doctrine of finality. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. ekename surname, hence, a nickname, an ekename being understood as a nekename, influenced also by E. nick, v. See Eke, and Name. ] A name given in affectionate familiarity, sportive familiarity, contempt, or derision; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation;