单词 | mistitle |
释义 | mistitlev. 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). < v.1618 |
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