(ˈ) ̷ ̷+ transitive verb
Etymology: Middle English miscallen, from mis- (I) + callen to call — more at call
1. : to call by a wrong name : misname
a public whose concept of a book is the miscalled “comics” — G.W.Johnson
a situation which I will not miscall , which I dare not name — Edmund Burke
2. chiefly dialect : to call by a bad name : abuse , revile
you're not to miscall … the best man alive — Sheila Kaye-Smith
miscalling the wind and the cold and the wet lunch basket — Alec Robertson
• mis·caller “+ noun