misologue (misolog)

[ Beattie , Wolf and Shepherds. [ mesnomer , misname, , nommer , name, no min are , name: see mis -2 and nominate .] 1. A misnaming; the act of applying a wrong name or designation. Many of the changes, by a great misnomer called Parliamentary reforms, went, in their certain effect, home, to the utter destruction of the constitution of this kingdom. Burke, To a Noble Lord. There never was a greater misnomer than to call a savage a child of Nature. Quoted in J. F. Clarke's Self-Culture, p. 223. 2. In law , an error in name; mi tatement in a document of the name of a person. Misnomers in proceedings are now frequently amended by the court, provided no party has been misled or prejudiced. That Bruno's scorn sprang from no misology own va ried erudition proves. PG. H. Lewes, Hist. Philo , II. 106. misoneism (mis-ō-nē'izm), n. [ misplacement "My lords," said he, "I do confe that I have mis ordered myself very far, in that I have presumptuously and boldly preached." Latimer , quoted in R. W. Dixon's Hist. Church of Eng., ii. The place where they were last found begging or mis ordering themselves. Ribton - Turner , Vagrants and Vagrancy, p. 181. misordered (mis-ôr'dėrd), p . a. Misdirected; irregular; disorderly. Fewe of them cum to any great aige, by reason of their misordered life when they were yong. Ascham, The Scholemaster, p. 33. Holinshed, Hist. Scotland. Vicious rule and misordered customes.