miscallv.

Brit.

/ˌmɪsˈkɔːl/, U.S.

/ˌmɪsˈkɔl/,

/ˌmɪsˈkɑl/

Forms: late Middle English myscall, 1500s–1700s miscal, 1500s– miscall, 1600s miscalle; English regional (northern) 1800s misca, 1800s misca', 1800s misco, 1800s misco', 1800s miscoe; Scottish pre-1700 miscal, pre-1700 miscall, pre-1700 miskall, 1700s miscav, 1700s– misca', 1800s miscaa', 1800s– miscaa, 1800s– miscaw, 1900s– miscau; Irish English (northern) 1900s– misca', 1900s– miscaa', 1900s– miscall.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, call v.

Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + call v.

1. transitive. To call by a bad name; to call (a person) names; to revile, abuse, malign. Now archaic and regional.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > abuse [verb (transitive)] > call names

miscallc1449

to call (a person) foulc1450

misname1528

to call (a person) names1638

becall1683

call1825

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > slander or calumniate [verb (transitive)] > call by a bad name

miscallc1449

to call (a person) foulc1450

misname1528

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 563 (MED) Thei not oonli scornen it, but thei..mys callen it bi foule names.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. viii. sig. H2 Whom she [sc. Slander] with leasings lewdly did miscall, And wickedly backbite.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 124 They deserved to be..punished, for so miscalling and reviling him.

1643 Sir T. Browne Relig. Medici (1656) ii. §4 By opprobrious Epithets we miscall each other.

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i. 6 She..Miscaw'd me first,—then bad me hound my Dog.

1793 R. Burns Poems (ed. 2) II. 223 Whae'er o' thee shall ill suppose, They sair misca' thee.

1866 C. Reade Griffith Gaunt (ed. 2) II. xvi. 313 I can't bear any man on earth to miscall her but myself.

1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 6/2 Here's Kathleen and Susy been miscallin' me dreadful.

1916 Book-Lover May 22 I'm a Scot! an' I carena wha kens it; Tho' mony the name wad misca'.

1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. at Miscaa I hoop I'm no miscaain ony o you.

a. transitive. To call by a wrong or inappropriate name; to misname. Often with complement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > misname

miscall1495

nickname1536

misname1537

misterm1579

misstylea1604

misbaptize1610

mistitle1618

mischristena1631

misnomer1795

misnome1820

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xix. cxxviii. 936 A vessell wyth fowre fete is myscallyd [a1398 myscleped] Trisilis.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 252 Gaun. Call it a trauaile that thou takst for pleasure. Bul. My heart will sigh when I miscall it so, Which findes it an info[r]ced pilgrimage.

1650 J. Hall Paradoxes 49 Suppose you miscall happinesse content.

a1704 T. Brown Dispensary in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 80 Lest I should mis-call you, and not give you your right Title.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxx. 185 That violent Passion which we mad young Fellows are apt to miscal Love.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 216 The Partridge of New England is the Pheasant of Pennsylvania, but is mis-called in both places.

1822 T. L. Peacock Maid Marian xii. 165 No one shall miscall a forester. He who call Robin Robert of Huntingdon..or..Marian Matilda Fitzwater [etc.].

a1853 F. W. Robertson Lect. (1858) ii. 59 One of those miserable publications miscalled religious.

1886 E. Gurney et al. Phantasms of Living II. 2 His..explanation..depended on his miscalling his experience, and referring it to the class of dreams.

1941 W. J. Cash Mind of South i. iii. 62 There was an intense revulsion against the ugliness of the new industrialism and the drab monotony of the new rule of money-bags miscalled democracy.

1989 J. Purdy Garments Living Wear xxi. 105 Jared and Peg were seated in what Mrs. Sawbridge called, or miscalled, the Clerestory Room.

b. transitive. To misread or mispronounce (a word, etc.). Also with complement. Now regional.

ΚΠ

1576 F. Clement in Petie Schole (1587) sig. Avij In like manner also they miscal gla, gle, gli,..as if it were dla, dle, dly, [etc.].

1818 J. Hogg Tales 220 He misca's a' the words, and ca's the streamers the Roara Boriawlis.

1853 W. Cadenhead Flights of Fancy 205 Woe to the loun that a word wad misca'.

1855 Harper's Mag. Nov. 856/2 She was reading in the book of Genesis, and being not yet perfect in the art, she would now and then miscall a word.

1881 C. M. Yonge Lads & Lasses Langley iv. 146 He no sooner opened his mouth to read than half-a-dozen hands were held out, in token that he had miscalled a word.

1940 Q. Jrnl. Speech 26 265 [Virginia] One who mispronounces a word ‘miscalls’ it.

Derivatives

misˈcaller n.

ΚΠ

1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. iv. i. f. 146 It was an errour in the miscaller, and not in the person so wrongfully called.

1884 ‘Judge Wiglittle’ 10 Years Police Judge xvii. 171 The miscalled threw a clothes-pin and hit the miscaller somewhere.

misˈcalling n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > [noun] > misnaming

miscleping1532

misnaming1539

misterming1589

miscalling1593

misnomer1635

misappellation1817

1593 in S. Ree Rec. Elgin (1908) II. 29 Janet Martyn..askit..pardin of James Young..for the miscalling of him.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. iv. 285 Miscalling of any of those Ideas..hinders not but we may have certain..Knowledge of their several Agreements and Disagreements.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xii. 261 A' the slights and taunts that hurt ane's spirit mair nor downright misca'ing.

1982 Guardian 19 Jan. 10/8 [He] had been overheard expressing the hope that ‘the de'il might nirl [= shrivel] the noops’ of those guilty of such miscalling.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	miscall
释义	miscallv. Brit. /ˌmɪsˈkɔːl/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈkɔl/, /ˌmɪsˈkɑl/ Forms: late Middle English myscall, 1500s–1700s miscal, 1500s– miscall, 1600s miscalle; English regional (northern) 1800s misca, 1800s misca', 1800s misco, 1800s misco', 1800s miscoe; Scottish pre-1700 miscal, pre-1700 miscall, pre-1700 miskall, 1700s miscav, 1700s– misca', 1800s miscaa', 1800s– miscaa, 1800s– miscaw, 1900s– miscau; Irish English (northern) 1900s– misca', 1900s– miscaa', 1900s– miscall. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix¹, call v. Etymology: < mis- prefix¹ + call v. 1. transitive. To call by a bad name; to call (a person) names; to revile, abuse, malign. Now archaic and regional. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > abuse [verb (transitive)] > call names miscallc1449 to call (a person) foulc1450 misname1528 to call (a person) names1638 becall1683 call1825 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > slander or calumniate [verb (transitive)] > call by a bad name miscallc1449 to call (a person) foulc1450 misname1528 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 563 (MED) Thei not oonli scornen it, but thei..mys callen it bi foule names. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. viii. sig. H2 Whom she [sc. Slander] with leasings lewdly did miscall, And wickedly backbite. View more context for this quotation 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 124 They deserved to be..punished, for so miscalling and reviling him. 1643 Sir T. Browne Relig. Medici (1656) ii. §4 By opprobrious Epithets we miscall each other. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. i. 6 She..Miscaw'd me first,—then bad me hound my Dog. 1793 R. Burns Poems (ed. 2) II. 223 Whae'er o' thee shall ill suppose, They sair misca' thee. 1866 C. Reade Griffith Gaunt (ed. 2) II. xvi. 313 I can't bear any man on earth to miscall her but myself. 1872 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 6/2 Here's Kathleen and Susy been miscallin' me dreadful. 1916 Book-Lover May 22 I'm a Scot! an' I carena wha kens it; Tho' mony the name wad misca'. 1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. at Miscaa I hoop I'm no miscaain ony o you. 2. a. transitive. To call by a wrong or inappropriate name; to misname. Often with complement. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > misname miscall1495 nickname1536 misname1537 misterm1579 misstylea1604 misbaptize1610 mistitle1618 mischristena1631 misnomer1795 misnome1820 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xix. cxxviii. 936 A vessell wyth fowre fete is myscallyd [a1398 myscleped] Trisilis. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 252 Gaun. Call it a trauaile that thou takst for pleasure. Bul. My heart will sigh when I miscall it so, Which findes it an info[r]ced pilgrimage. View more context for this quotation 1650 J. Hall Paradoxes 49 Suppose you miscall happinesse content. a1704 T. Brown Dispensary in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 80 Lest I should mis-call you, and not give you your right Title. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxx. 185 That violent Passion which we mad young Fellows are apt to miscal Love. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 216 The Partridge of New England is the Pheasant of Pennsylvania, but is mis-called in both places. 1822 T. L. Peacock Maid Marian xii. 165 No one shall miscall a forester. He who call Robin Robert of Huntingdon..or..Marian Matilda Fitzwater [etc.]. a1853 F. W. Robertson Lect. (1858) ii. 59 One of those miserable publications miscalled religious. 1886 E. Gurney et al. Phantasms of Living II. 2 His..explanation..depended on his miscalling his experience, and referring it to the class of dreams. 1941 W. J. Cash Mind of South i. iii. 62 There was an intense revulsion against the ugliness of the new industrialism and the drab monotony of the new rule of money-bags miscalled democracy. 1989 J. Purdy Garments Living Wear xxi. 105 Jared and Peg were seated in what Mrs. Sawbridge called, or miscalled, the Clerestory Room. b. transitive. To misread or mispronounce (a word, etc.). Also with complement. Now regional. ΚΠ 1576 F. Clement in Petie Schole (1587) sig. Avij In like manner also they miscal gla, gle, gli,..as if it were dla, dle, dly, [etc.]. 1818 J. Hogg Tales 220 He misca's a' the words, and ca's the streamers the Roara Boriawlis. 1853 W. Cadenhead Flights of Fancy 205 Woe to the loun that a word wad misca'. 1855 Harper's Mag. Nov. 856/2 She was reading in the book of Genesis, and being not yet perfect in the art, she would now and then miscall a word. 1881 C. M. Yonge Lads & Lasses Langley iv. 146 He no sooner opened his mouth to read than half-a-dozen hands were held out, in token that he had miscalled a word. 1940 Q. Jrnl. Speech 26 265 [Virginia] One who mispronounces a word ‘miscalls’ it. Derivatives misˈcaller n. ΚΠ 1620 tr. G. Boccaccio Decameron I. iv. i. f. 146 It was an errour in the miscaller, and not in the person so wrongfully called. 1884 ‘Judge Wiglittle’ 10 Years Police Judge xvii. 171 The miscalled threw a clothes-pin and hit the miscaller somewhere. misˈcalling n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [noun] > misnaming miscleping1532 misnaming1539 misterming1589 miscalling1593 misnomer1635 misappellation1817 1593 in S. Ree Rec. Elgin (1908) II. 29 Janet Martyn..askit..pardin of James Young..for the miscalling of him. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. iv. 285 Miscalling of any of those Ideas..hinders not but we may have certain..Knowledge of their several Agreements and Disagreements. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. xii. 261 A' the slights and taunts that hurt ane's spirit mair nor downright misca'ing. 1982 Guardian 19 Jan. 10/8 [He] had been overheard expressing the hope that ‘the de'il might nirl [= shrivel] the noops’ of those guilty of such miscalling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1449
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