mistitlev.
/ˌmɪsˈtʌɪtl/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈtaɪdl/ transitive. To give a wrong title or name to. Frequently with complement.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > misname
miscall1495
nickname1536
misname1537
misterm1579
misstylea1604
misbaptize1610
mistitle1618
mischristena1631
misnomer1795
misnome1820
1618 G. Wither Wither's Motto in Juvenilia (1633) 533 A bashfulnesse, which some mis-title, feare.
1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. iv. 142 Keaulin whom he mis-titles King of East-Saxons.
1740 R. North (title) Examen of an Historical Libel, mistitled A Compleat History of England.
1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master vii. 187 That all he got, mis-titled pay, Kept him in constant poverty.
1857 N. Amer. Rev. 85 170 There is scarcely a more verbose, thought-diluting book in our language than the one absurdly mistitled ‘Proverbial Philosophy’.
1982 Notes & Queries Aug. 371/1 Mr. Hammond mis-titles his source.
Derivatives
misˈtitled adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called > wrongly
misnamed1548
mistermed1582
miscalled1651
misnomered1741
misnomed1804
mistitled1829
1829 J. Cottle Malvern Hills (ed. 4) I. 35 Are earth's mistitled great ones..Luxuriant, in achievements of high name?
1984 Listener 22 Mar. 28/3 It is all intended..as a loving (if mistitled) re-creation of Arthur Ransome's celebrated series of children's stories.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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