misname

verb

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Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsneɪm/ / /mɪsˈneɪm/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Germanic *namô Proto-West Germanic *namō Old English nama Middle English name English name English misname From mis- + name.

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.”
“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.”

verb

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