misname

American  

[mis-neym] / mɪsˈneɪm /

verb (used with object)

misnamed, misnaming

1. to name incorrectly or wrongly; miscall.

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Etymology

Origin of misname

First recorded in 1475–85; mis- ¹ + name

Example Sentences

Misname, mis-nām′, v.t. to call by the wrong name.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Should Jove dire war unloose, with spear and shield, And nodding helm, I tread the ensanguined field, Fierce in the van: then wouldst thou, wouldst thou,—say,— Misname me glutton, in that glorious day?

From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander