cognominizev.
rare.
= cognominate v.
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the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > give or call by nickname
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byname1587
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cognomen1831
sobriquet1842
cognominize1849
soubriquet1880
moniker1923
1849 D. M. Mulock Ogilvies (1875) xxvii. 204 Mr. P. had an amusing system of cognominising those about him by some ingenious transposition of their various patronymics.
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