Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A taxonomic name that is unacceptable for linguistic reasons.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bad name for anything; a name which is in any way undesirable or objectionable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
incorrect name for something, especially intaxonomic classification .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek, meaning "bad name".
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whichbe commented on the word caconym
Bad or wrongly derived name.
May 16, 2008
mialuthien commented on the word caconym
A misnomer.
July 19, 2008