Like the name Macon Dead, it is a misname imposed by someone with no concern about the consequences.
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Misname
//ˈmɪsneɪm//
Synonyms for "misname" (3 found)
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6 translations across 4 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 誤稱 /误称 verb (name incorrectly)
Finnish
2 entries- erehtyä (nimestä) verb (name incorrectly)
- kutsua väärällä nimellä verb (name incorrectly)
Ido
2 entries- misnomar verb (name incorrectly)
- misnomizar verb (name incorrectly)
Spanish
1 entries- mal llamar verb (name incorrectly)
Sample sentences
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And it was a misname, because the woman who stood before him now in all her naked glory presented a picture beauteous beyond belief—to Vagn, leastways.
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Misnamed (and misgendered) was Patricia Glass Schuman, of Neal-Schuman Publishers.
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Near-synonym: misnomer
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