Message: "Diccon" - Behind the Name

Diccon

by Kieran Cullen (guest)

8/19/2014, 1:28 AM

I'm reading 'the Seventh Son' by Reay Tannahill. In it Edwad IV refers to his younger brother Richard as 'Diccon'

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- Anneza +1

8/20/2014, 1:08 AM

It was an accepted and widely-used nickname at the time; Dick has acquired a sexual meaning which puts some people off, though a family member used to know a Dickon (not a nickname) who'd be in his 70s now.

- LMS

8/22/2014, 12:55 AM

Dickon was also a character in The Secret Garden. Another variant is Dicun. They're medieval diminutives of Richard.

This message was edited 8/22/2014, 12:56 AM

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