Standard Lemma guide
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noun
A wrong, unsuitable, misleading, or injurious name or designation; misnomer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To call by a wrong name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: miscall, misnomer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: misidentify
verb
To give an unsuitable or injurious name to; name incorrectly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: misnomer
Antonyms: none provided
verb
assign in incorrect name to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: miscall
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: call
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth2-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Proto-Indo-European *h1nómn̥ Proto-Germanic *namô Proto-West Germanic *namō Old English nama Middle English name English name English misname From mis- + name.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
