What does misname mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. misname, miscallverb

    assign in incorrect name to

    "These misnamed philanthropists"

Wiktionary

  1. misnameverb

    To name incorrectly.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Misnameverb

    To call by the wrong name.

    Etymology: mis and name.

    They make one man’s fancies, or perhaps failings, confining laws to others, and convey them as such to their succeeders, who are bold to misname all unobsequiousness to their incogitancy, presumption. Robert Boyle, on Colours.

ChatGPT

  1. misname

    Misname refers to the act of calling someone or something by an incorrect or inappropriate name or title. It can occur as a result of mistaken identity, confusion, misunderstanding, or as an intended insult or form of disrespect.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Misnameverb

    to call by the wrong name; to give a wrong or inappropriate name to

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Misname

    mis-nām′, v.t. to call by the wrong name.

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Anagrams for misname »

  1. ammines

  2. amenism

  3. immanes

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of misname in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of misname in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of misname in a Sentence

  1. Tacitus:

    To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.


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