Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

misnominal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mis-nom-i-nal
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being a misnomer.

Example Sentences

".For a similar reason many of the peninsulas are named islands. Is not this feature peculiar to Irish nomenclature? By no means. "Portland Isle" in Dorsetshire (South England) is no island at all: and ''gulf," in the nomenclature of southern Europe, is frequently a misnomer of this description. Every language has little misnominal vagaries […]"
"The varied enumeration of these Official titles is either fallacious or misnominal."
"However, since the substance is not derived from a rice plant, the court acknowledged that the use of the word "rice" in connection with it could be considered misnominal."

Etymology

Blend of misnomer + nominal, or mis- + nominal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mis-
Suffix: nominal

Synonyms

misnomial

Questions

What does misnominal mean?: Being a misnomer.
Where does misnominal come from?: Blend of misnomer + nominal, or mis- + nominal.

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