||So`bri`quet" (s?`brē`k?"),
n.[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.]