sobriquet
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sobriquet
- /ˈsəʊ.bɹɪ.keɪ/ UK
- /ˈsoʊ.bɹɪ.keɪ/ US
- /ˈsoʊ.bɹɪ.kɛt/ US
Rhymes with -eɪ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French sobriquet (“nickname”), from Middle French soubriquet (“a chuck under the chin”).
noun sobriquets · soubriquet
- A familiar name for a person or thing; a nickname (sometimes assumed by the person, but often given by others) that is descriptive. “The Bard” is a sobriquet of English playwright William Shakespeare.
