Crossword-Solution: MISNOMERS
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| "Koala bear" and "prairie dog," for two | 1 answer |
| Alaskan city gets into some bad name-calling | 1 answer |
| Inappropriate designations | 1 answer |
| inaccurate names | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
EECMAZ
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with MISNOMERS (5)
The steward read nothing but his prayer-book, and that only in particular parts, and by the aid of a good deal of spelling, and some misnomers; but he could not form a single letter with a pen.
Hence the number of appellations the least of whose faults is that they are unpleasant to the ear, certain of them, indeed, being gross misnomers.
CHAPTER I MISNOMERS Ego sic semper et ubique vixi, ut ultimam quamque lucem, taraquam non redituram, consumerem.--Petronius Arbiter.
Gryll._ While we are on the subject of misnomers, what say you to the wisdom of Parliament? _The Rev.
Opimian._ Premising that this is a remarkably fine slice of salmon, there is much to be said about fish: but not in the way of misnomers.
Quotes with MISNOMERS (2)
... I therefore hate the corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity of the land... I look upon it as the climax of all misnomers, the boldest of all frauds, and the grossest of all libels. Never was there a clearer case of 'stealing the livery of the court of heaven to serve the devil in.' I am filled with unutterable loathing when I contemplate the religious pomp and show, together with the horrible inconsistencies, which …
I know there are sort of misnomers that women's hockey isn't as physical or fast as the guys, but women's hockey is very dynamic and tactful in its own ways. It's just as respectable of a sport as any male counterpart.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, New Yorker, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1980–2022).