sobriquet
pronunciation
How to pronounce sobriquet in British English:
UK [ˈsəʊbrɪkeɪ]
How to pronounce sobriquet in American English:
US [ˈsoʊbrɪkeɪ]
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- Noun:
- a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
Word Origin
- sobriquet (n.)
- 1640s, from French sobriquet "nickname," from Middle French soubriquet (15c.), which also meant "a jest, quip," and is said to have meant literally "a chuck under the chin" [Gamillscheg]; of unknown origin (first element perhaps from Latin sub "under").
Example
- 1. The political connections that earned goldman the sobriquet government sachs have been loosened by the crisis .
- 2. Emil jellinek , already known under the sobriquet ' monsieur mercedes ' - a name he had borrowed from his daughter
- 3. Then there is'londonistan ' , a pejorative sobriquet that has been used for several years to describe the apparent ease with which terror networks originating in the arab / islamic world operate in the british capital .
- 4. The nuclear reactor , used to generate electricity , heralded obninsk 's new role as a major soviet scientific city , a status it retains in the russian federation where it carries the sobriquet of first russian science city .
- 5. However , river has another sobriquet as well , one that has been far more apt in recent years as the club as tumbled down the standings : " the chickens " , referring to its lacklustre performances in high-pressure situations .