anachronism
Pronunciation: &-'na-kr&-"ni-z&m
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from Middle Greek anachronismos, from anachronizesthai to be an anachronism, from Late Greek anachronizein to be late, from Greek ana- + chronos time
1 : an error in chronology; especially : a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other
2 : a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place; especially : one from a former age that is incongruous in the present
- anachronistic /&-"na-kr&-'nis-tik/ also ana·chron·ic /"a-n&-'krä-nik/ adjective
- anachronistically /&-"na-kr&-'nis-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb
- anachronous /&-'na-kr&-n&s/ adjective
- anachronously adverb