a name or a word that is not appropriate or accurate 使用不恰当(或不准确)的名称;用词不当 ‘Villa’ was something of a misnomer—the place was no more than an old farmhouse. “别墅” 一说有点不妥,那地方只不过是座旧农舍。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from the Old French verb mesnommer, from mes- ‘wrongly’ + nommer ‘to name’ (based on Latin nomen ‘name’).