miscall

[ mis-kawl ]

/ mɪsˈkɔl /

to call by a wrong name.

Origin of miscall

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at mis-¹, call

mis·call·er, noun

Their souls are like their bodies, hidden by the rags, foul with the dirt of what we miscall civilisation.

All Saints' Day and Other Sermons |Charles Kingsley
This was a garden of delight, even if Charles did puzzle over the long words and miscall them.

A Little Girl in Old Washington |Amanda M. Douglas
Tell him,” said the girl with her eyes still closed, “to not miscall things; no one is all virtue.

The Bondwoman |Marah Ellis Ryan
Dinna miscall your betters, Brockburn: why will ye not credit our existence, man?

Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales |Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

He had endeavored to carry out to its legitimate consequences what gentlemen are pleased to miscall the 'American System.'

Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2) |Thomas Hart Benton

miscall

/ (ˌmɪsˈkɔːl) /

to call by the wrong name

dialect to abuse or malign

miscaller, noun