misname

[ mis-neym ]

verb (used with object)

, mis·named, mis·nam·ing.

1. to name incorrectly or wrongly; miscall.

Word History and Origins

Origin of misname¹

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

Example Sentences

He saw behind it nothing save an implacable selfishness that chose to misname itself affection.

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Thus, not only our bread and our boots are made by machinery, but many of the very things we misname "art-products."

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This material sinful personality, which we misname man, is what St. Paul terms "the old man and his deeds," to be "put off."

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A catch came into Turner's voice and he said somewhat huskily, "When they christened ye Blossom they didn't misname ye none."

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“To misname me would do you no good and me no harm,” replied the Jew gravely.

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