Added to
Favorites
Sign Up
Log In
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Popular Searches
Writing skills te...
Sample writing te...
Practice writing ...
Writing test ques...
Free writing skil...
Writing proficien...
Writing test item...
Georgia high scho...
Nearby Words
misletoe
mislight
mislike
mislin
mislive
mislocate
mislocation
mislodge
misluck
mismanage
mismark
mismarriage
mismarry
mismatch
mismate
mismeasure
mismesh
mismeter
mismove
misnaged
misname
misnarrate
misnavigate
misnavigation
misnomer
misnumber
misnurture
miso
miso gamic
miso pedia
miso'neist
miso-
miso-gamic
miso-pedia
misobedience
misobserve
misocainea
misoccupy
misogamic
misogamist
misogamy
misname
[
mis-
neym
]
Origin
mis·name
/
mɪsˈneɪm
/
Show Spelled
[
mis-
neym
]
Show IPA
verb (used with object),
-named,
-nam·ing.
to
name
incorrectly or wrongly; miscall.
Origin:
1475–85;
mis-
1
+
name
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
misname
:10
:09
:08
:07
:06
:05
:04
:03
:02
:01
Misname
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is
lollygag
. Does it mean:
So is
absquatulate
. Does it mean:
So is
skedaddle
. Does it mean:
to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
to spend time idly; loaf.
to flee; abscond:
to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
to run away hurriedly; flee.
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
LEARN MORE FUN, UNUSUAL VERBS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
misname
1537; see mis- (1) + name (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com
Searching for
misname
?
How many words do you actually know?
FIND OUT
Related Words
nickname
MORE
Matching Quote
"To plunder, butcher, steal, these things they
misname
empire: they make a desolation and they call it peace."
-Tacitus
MORE
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Thesaurus
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright ©
2012
. All rights reserved.
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT
How many words do you know?
FIND OUT