misname

[ mis-neym ]
/ mɪsˈneɪm /

verb (used with object), mis·named, mis·nam·ing.

to name incorrectly or wrongly; miscall.

Origin of misname

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

Words nearby misname

mismanage, mismarriage, mismatch, mismate, mismove, misname, misnomer, miso, miso-, misocainea, misogamy

Example sentences from the Web for misname

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

    No and Yes |Mary Baker Eddy

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

    An Ambitious Woman |Edgar Fawcett

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

    The Evolution of Modern Capitalism |John Atkinson Hobson