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Webster 1913 Edition
Sobriquet
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Soˊbriˊquet′
(sō̍ˊbrē̍ˊkā̍′)
, Noun.
[F.
sobriquet
, OF. soubzbriquet
, soubriquet
, a chuck under the chin, hence, an affront, a nickname; of uncertain origin; cf. It. sottobecco
a chuck under the chin.] An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname.
[Sometimes less correctly written
soubriquet
.]