misnomer
Meaning of misnomer
noun
- a wrong or inaccurate name or designation.
morning sickness is a misnomer for many women, since the nausea can occur any time during the day
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from the Old French verb mesnommer, from mes- ‘wrongly’ + nommer ‘to name’ (based on Latin nomen ‘name’).
Information about misnomer
- It is a name.
- The plural form of misnomer is: misnomers.
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Hyphenation of misnomer
mis-nomer
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- misnomer is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Words that rhyme with misnomer
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