What does misname mean?
Definitions for misname
mis·name
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Princeton's WordNet
misname, miscallverb
assign in incorrect name to
"These misnamed philanthropists"
Wiktionary
misnameverb
To name incorrectly.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.
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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
Misnameverb
to call by the wrong name; to give a wrong or inappropriate name to
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Misname
mis-nām′, v.t. to call by the wrong name.
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Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Anagrams for misname »
ammines
amenism
immanes
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of misname in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of misname in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of misname in a Sentence
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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- erehtyä, kutsuaFinnish
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