Word: cognomen
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Ivan IV, Tsar of Russia from 1533 to 1584, was not, strictly speaking, terrible. That cognomen came from a mistranslation of the Russian word grozny, which means something closer to "awe inspiring." Yet in just about every other sense, Ivan was ghastly enough...