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Anachronistic   /ənˌækrənˈɪstɪk/   Listen
Anachronistic

adjective
1.
Chronologically misplaced.  Synonyms: anachronic, anachronous.






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"Anachronistic" Quotes from Famous Books



... satirical. "Well we may wonder," said he; "search the wide world over! But reely and truly you've come to the wrong 'ouse this time. Here, stand to one side!" he commanded, as a lady in the costume of La Pompadour, followed by an Old English Gentleman with an anachronistic Hebrew nose, swept past me into the hall. He bowed deferentially while he mastered their names, "Mr. and Mrs. Levi-Levy!" he cried, and a second footman came forward to escort them up the stairs. To convince myself that this was my own house I stared hard at a bust of Havelock—my ...
— Two Sides of the Face - Midwinter Tales • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch



Words linked to "Anachronistic" :   anachronism, asynchronous



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