单词 | misnomered |
释义 | misnomeredadj. Called by a misnomer, misnamed. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called > wrongly misnamed1548 mistermed1582 miscalled1651 misnomered1741 misnomed1804 mistitled1829 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xxii. 142 The mis-nomer'd Free-gifts that we read of in some Kingdoms on extraordinary Occasions. 1820 R. Anderson Epist. x, in Poet. Wks. I. 205 Now exil'd frae the few I prize, The town, and its misnomer'd joys. 1939 Florida: Guide to Southernmost State (Federal Writers' Project) iii. 455 On Deer Island..a misnomered promontory. 1989 C. Hiaasen Skin Tight iii. 21 He..drove down to Gables-by-the Sea, a ritzy but misnomered neighborhood where his sister Kate lived. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1741 |
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