Instead of hunting it as the Solutrean Europeans did the wild horse, the Indian might have domesticated it as his namesake by misnomer in Asia domesticated the buffalo.
Under the misnomer ‘classificatory systems’ some writers have included consideration of the principle of differentiating elder and younger brothers and sisters.
Unless something other than selfishness suggests this choice of life, the word is apt to be a misnomer for profligacy.
It has come to such a pass nowadays that celibacy, as a general thing, is a misnomer for profligacy.
In view of this misnomer the objection was sustained and the witness dismissed.
The objection, therefore, of a misnomer applies in full force to this witness.
Under the same feelings I conclude this Aid to Reflection by applying the principle to another misnomer not less inappropriate and far more influential.
If he fails to appear and plead the misnomer in abatement, the judgment binds him.
What a misnomer to call our former slave States "free!
It is a misnomer to call him the brown bear of Europe, since he is even more common in many parts of Asia--especially throughout Asiatic Russia and Kamtschatka.
He has no claim to the title of lion, except from some resemblance in colour; and no doubt it was this that led to his misnomer among the early settlers of Spanish America.
It will be seen at a glance how absurd was the misnomer of "compromise" applied to so one-sided a settlement.
It would be a misnomer to say it was a woman; yet it was not a man or monkey; and not being a believer in witches, I am at a loss to describe the horrible looking object that stood with glaring eyes riveted on me.
His claim is that the name "caffetannic acid" is a misnomerand should be abandoned.
Concerning whether salicylic acid is a proximate constituent of Gaultheria Fragrantissima, in my opinion, it would be a misnomer to make such an announcement.
The Magdalene is not the only one who could be accused of having "seven spirits" in her, though men who have a lesser number of spirits (what a misnomer that word!
Christian Science, the greatest misnomer in modern parlance, foists its counterfeit religious currency over our fair land and makes the unwary deny the existence of sin, death, Devil, and the real personality of God himself.
He has the word "superannuated" applied somewhere, but we think it a misnomer and that a more appropriate word would be "superabundant.
As I have said, the name worm-eating warbler seems to be somewhat of a misnomer for this bird.
It is a kind of misnomer which classifies all Scott's books as novels.
The misnomer of Elizabethan as applied to the whole school indicates an implicit perception that its greater achievements were due to the same impulse which took for its outward and visible symbol the name of the great Queen.
It is evident, however, that if our views of the state of society among the Incas be right, that it is a misnomer to call these structures palaces.
From documentary evidence Mr. Bandelier has shown that while Cholula was certainly a populous Indian pueblo, it is a misnomer to call it a city.
Titmouse did not allude to it, no more did Mr. Huckaback, although his own doublemisnomer stuck not a little in his throat.
To use the term latent heat as meaning concealed heat, which must reappear as heat, is a misnomer and is very misleading.
And when we consider the great part performed by these microscopic architects and builders it is not a misnomer to speak of the building of a world.
It is a misnomer to call this dwelling a house, or to write that it opens, for it is merely an arched recess which can never be shut!
The "Desert" sweeps up to the walls of Baghdad, but it is a misnomer to call the vast level of rich, stoneless, alluvial soil a desert.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "misnomer" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
