subs. (old: now recognised).—A name invented in derision, contempt, or reproach. [M. E. an ekename = an agnomen.]—GROSE (1785) BEE (1823).
1836. DICKENS, Pickwick Papers, xvi. A wery good name it [Job] is—only one I know that ain’t got a NICKNAME to it.
Verb. (colloquial).—To miscall in contempt, derision, or reproach.
