Misnominal
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Being a misnomer. rare
".For a similar reason many of the peninsulas are named islands. Is not this feature peculiar to Irish nomenclature? By no means. "Portland Isle" in Dorsetshire (South England) is no island at all: and ''gulf," in the nomenclature of southern Europe, is frequently a misnomer of this description. Every language has little misnominal vagaries […]"
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More examples".For a similar reason many of the peninsulas are named islands. Is not this feature peculiar to Irish nomenclature? By no means. "Portland Isle" in Dorsetshire (South England) is no island at all: and ''gulf," in the nomenclature of southern Europe, is frequently a misnomer of this description. Every language has little misnominal vagaries […]"
Etymology
Blend of misnomer + nominal, or mis- + nominal.
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