eke-name
/ˈiːkneɪm
/noun archaic
An additional name; a nickname.The name sounds like that of a quarrelsome fellow who gained the eke-name of Nettle....
- The people have given me the eke name of Pinchsniff, although I really cannot imagine why.
- Arngrim was as famous for his family as for the learning which won him his eke-name.
Origin
Middle English: from eke meaning 'addition' (see nickname).
- the Annunciation
- the answer to someone's prayers
- theanthropic
- the Antipodes
- the ant's pants
- the Apocalypse
- the Appalachians
- the apple never falls far from the tree
- the apple of one's eye
- thearchy
- the Armada
- the art of war
- the Ashes
- theat.
- theater
- the Athenaeum
- the Atonement
- theatre
- theatregoer
- theatre-going
- theatre-in-the-round
- theatreland
- Theatre of the Absurd
- theatric
- theatrical