anachronous
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- anachronously adverb
- nonanachronous adjective
- nonanachronously adverb
- unanachronous adjective
- unanachronously adverb
Etymology
Origin of anachronous
First recorded in 1850–55; anachron(ism) + -ous
Example Sentences
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This tumult underlies some of the monarchy’s appeal, however anachronous the institution.
From Slate • Sep. 20, 2022
Unfortunately, much of the way we talk about our interests in our personal data relies on anachronous analogies to the physical world.
From Slate • Nov. 12, 2013
The bill was, however, returned “Ignoramus,” and the use of the name was probably anachronous.
From Captain Richard Ingle The Maryland "Pirate and Rebel," 1642-1653 by Ingle, Edward
This superstition of witchcraft has here been strong in all eras, but it is at last becoming extinct; cretinism, as anachronous and as horrible,—a fact, not a superstition,—remains unaccounted for and unlessened.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa
The "Moon of Delight" is God, eternal Polaris, anachronous never.
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa
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