Unscramble

m 3 i 1 s 1 n 1 o 1 m 3 e 1 r 1

8 letters · 12 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun an incorrect or unsuitable name

originThe noun is derived from Late Middle English misnoumer (“(law) mistaken identification of a person; plea based on such misidentification”), from Anglo-Norman mesnomer, a noun use of Anglo-Norman mesnomer, mesnommer, and Old French mesnomer, mesnommer (“to name incorrectly”), from mes- (prefix meaning ‘badly, wrongly’) + nomer, nommer (“to name”) (from Latin nōmināre, the present active infinitive…

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