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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

   NOUN:MISNOMER; lucus a non lucendo [L.]; Mrs. Malaprop; what d’ye call ’em (neologism) [See Neology].
  NICKNAME, sobriquet [F.] or soubriquet, pet name, little name, by-name; assumed -name, -title; alias; nom de course [F.], nom de theâtre [F.], stage name; nom de guerre [F.], nom de plume [English formation], pen name, pseudonym; pseudonymity, pseudonymousness.
   VERB:MISNAME, miscall, misterm; call out of one’s name [colloq.], nickname; assume -a name, – an alias; take an -alias, – assumed name.
   ADJECTIVE:MISNAMED &c. v.; pseudonymous; soi-disant [F.]; self-called, self-styled, self-christened; so-called, quasi.
  NAMELESS, anonymous; without a -, having no- name; innominate, unnamed; unacknowledged; pseudo, bastard.
   ADVERB:in no sense; by whatever name, under any name.