Misname
/ˈmɪsneɪm/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A wrong, unsuitable, misleading, or injurious name or designation; misnomer.
"Like the name Macon Dead, it is a misname imposed by someone with no concern about the consequences."
Verb
- 1 To call by a wrong name. transitive
"Misnamed (and misgendered) was Patricia Glass Schuman, of Neal-Schuman Publishers."
- 2 assign in incorrect name to wordnet
- 3 To give an unsuitable or injurious name to; name incorrectly. transitive
"Near-synonym: misnomer"
Example
More examples"Like the name Macon Dead, it is a misname imposed by someone with no concern about the consequences."
Etymology
From mis- + name.