† nickeryn.
Obsolete. rare.
A nickname (see also quot. 1823).
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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
1823 ‘J. Bee’ Slang at Nick Nickeries are the same [as nicknames] applied to actions and things.
1824 Hist. Gambling ii. 37 This man, or this sharper, lived to a great age, little respected, under the nickery of ‘Old Q.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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