Vocabularium

A bit o’ French to start your week.

sobriquet (so·bri·quet): / SOH bruh kay /
noun

(1) a popular nickname; an unofficial or descriptive name

[From French sobriquet meaning “a chuck (or tap) under the chin.”]

Usage: Most people know Temüjin only by his popular sobriquet of Genghis Khan.

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