Sekirov Dictionary

misname

/mɪsˈneɪm/

verb 2
/ˈmɪsneɪm/ noun 1
forms 3

verb2

•
To call by a wrong name.
- Misnamed (and misgendered) was Patricia Glass Schuman, of Neal-Schuman Publishers. — 1990
•
To give an unsuitable or injurious name to; name incorrectly.
- Elsewhere is pain in looking back on the blotted page misnamed Experience. — 1860

misname

/ˈmɪsneɪm/

noun1

•
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. — 1994

forms

misnamed · misnaming · misnames

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