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Miscall
Definitions
- 1 An incorrect call.
- 2 Archaic form of miskal. alt-of, archaic
- 1 To call (someone) bad names; to insult, abuse. dialectal
"But one aboue the rest in speciall, / That had an hog beene late, hight Grille by name, / Repined greatly, and did him miscall, / That had from hoggish forme him brought to naturall."
- 2 assign in incorrect name to wordnet
- 3 To call (someone or something) incorrectly or by the wrong title or name.
"I can believe such an instance—can believe love taking strong root amid cruelty, poverty, suffering, and danger, rather than in the withering atmosphere of this crowded city—this miscalled social, but really heartless, life; where petty interests distract the mind, and mean desires absorb the heart."
- 4 To make a wrong call (prediction or announcement).; To announce the result of an election incorrectly.
"The networks soon discovered that they had miscalled Florida, based, so it was later explained, on important errors and miscalculations made from their combined pool source of information, the Voter News Service."
- 5 To make a wrong call (prediction or announcement).; To announce one's hand of cards incorrectly.
"When the loser thinks he has the hand beat he turns over his hand only to find that the winner has miscalled his hand, and since "cards speak," the miscaller wins."
Etymology
From Middle English miscallen, equivalent to mis- + call.
From Middle English miscallen, equivalent to mis- + call.
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