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misnomer

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Noun
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mis=no=mer

CIDE DICTIONARY

misnomern. [OF. pref. mes- amiss, wrong (L. minus less) + F. nommer to name, L. nominare, fr. nomen name. See Name.].
     The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title.  [1913 Webster]
    "Many of the changes, by a great misnomer, called parliamentary “reforms”."  [1913 Webster]
    "The word “synonym” is fact a misnomer."  [1913 Webster]
misnomerv. t. 
     To misname.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

misnomer, n.
1 a name or term used wrongly.
2 the wrong use of a name or term.

Etymology
ME f. AF f. OF mesnom(m)er (as MIS-(2), nommer name f. L nominare formed as NOMINATE)

ROGET THESAURUS

misnomer

Misnomer

N misnomer, lucus a non lucendo, Mrs, Malaprop, what d'ye call 'em, Hoosier, nickname, sobriquet, by-name, assumed name, assumed title, alias, nom de course, nom de theatre, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pseudonym, pseudonymy, misnamed, pseudonymous, soi-disant, self called, self styled, self christened, so-called, nameless, anonymous, without a having no name, innominate, unnamed, unacknowledged, in no sense.


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