单词 | misname |
释义 | † misnamen. Obsolete. An insulting name. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [noun] > by calling names > an abusive name misnamea1483 a1483 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 315 Callenge hym knaffe, or horson, or deffe, or any yoder mysname. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2018). misnamev. 1. transitive. To call by an abusive name; to insult; = miscall v. 1. Now rare (Irish English in later use). 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 1528 J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers Aiiiv Bycause ye her mysnamed And wolde haue her defamed. 1534 (?a1500) Shearmen & Taylors' Pageant 160 in H. Craig Two Coventry Corpus Christi Plays (1931) 6 Thogh thatt I dyd the mys-name. a1563 J. Bale King Johan (1969) ii. 2228 If thu with an hatefull harte Misnamest a kynge. 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) To misname, improperer. 1674 Court Proc. in J. H. Pleasants Arch. Maryland (1943) LX. 586 The plt John peirce misnameing the sd Willm Cotton. 1896 G. H. Jessop Shamus O'Brien 31 You won't misname us, You couldn't blame us. 2. transitive. More generally: to call by a wrong or incorrect name; to name wrongly or inappropriately; = miscall v. 2. 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 1537 tr. H. Latimer Serm. to Clergie sig. C.vii They be misnamed children of lyghte, for as moche as they so hate lyghte. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 244 Oftentimes misnaming vnto them the places they passed by. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 145 Though he misname the man, and nicknames him Darius Medus. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 84. ⁋4 By the Force of a Tyrant Custom, which is mis-named a Point of Honour, the Duellist kills his Friend. 1774 J. Beattie Minstrel: 2nd Bk. xxxvi. 19 In that elysian age (misnamed of gold). 1820 T. Jefferson Let. 22 Apr. in Writings (1984) 1434 The cession of that kind of property, for so it is misnamed, is a bagatelle which would not cost me a second thought. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 497 If James and Joses and Simon were habitually called brothers when they were only cousins, it can only be said that they were needlessly and systematically misnamed. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xxi. 733 The skeleton of the extinct giant deer, which is usually misnamed the Irish elk, is something to gloat over, for it misrepresents a majestic giant. 1989 Independent 22 May 4 At least 40 per cent of the plants were misnamed. 1993 Gnosis Winter 78/2 Christians relied heavily on an approach that Flint misnames ‘heroic’ or, rather more appropriately, the ‘ravage and burn method’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1483v.1528 |
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