misnamingn.
/(ˌ)mɪsˈneɪmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈneɪmɪŋ/ 1. Originally (Law): †= misnomer n. 1 (obsolete). Later, more generally: the giving of a wrong or incorrect name to any person or thing; (occasionally) an instance of this.
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the mind > language > naming > [noun] > misnaming
miscleping1532
misnaming1539
misterming1589
miscalling1593
misnomer1635
misappellation1817
the mind > language > naming > [noun] > misnaming > specifically in law
misnomer1455
misnaming1539
1539 Act 31 Hen. VIII c. 13 §16 Misrecitall, misnaming or non-recitall.
1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 61 Althoughe there be no mysnamynge of the signe [Taurus].
1651 tr. J. Kitchin Jurisdictions 398 Defendant pleads misnaming of himself.
1678 Grant Coal Shillings to Duke of Richmond 18 Dec. in J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle (1789) II. 671 The..misnameing or not nameing of any demise or grant.
1770 in J. A. Stevens Colonial Rec. N.Y. Chamber of Commerce (1867) 97 Notwithstanding the not reciting or misrecital, or not naming or misnaming of the aforesaid Offices, Franchises, Privileges, Immunities, or other the Premises, or any of them.
1880 Appletons' Jrnl. Sept. 223/1 The misnaming of an infant casts him into a fit of profound melancholy.
1968 Brain 91 632 The dysphasia of the six cases with some impairment of consciousness could be distinguished from paraphasic misnaming.
1990 Notes & Queries Dec. 492/1 Misquotations and misnamings abound in his text.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [noun] > by calling names
misnaming1641
calling of names1656
name-calling1819
1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 24 And whom ye could not move by sophisticall arguing, them you thinke to confute by scandalous misnaming.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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