Associations to the word «Misname»

Wiktionary

MISNAME, noun. A wrong, unsuitable, misleading, or injurious name or designation; misnomer.
MISNAME, verb. To call by a wrong name.
MISNAME, verb. To give an unsuitable or injurious name to; name incorrectly.

Dictionary definition

MISNAME, verb. Assign in incorrect name to; "These misnamed philanthropists".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky