anachronous

Variant of anachronism

noun

  1. the representation of something as existing or occurring at other than its proper time, esp. earlier
  2. anything that is or seems to be out of its proper time in history

Origin: MGr anachronismos < anachronizein, to refer to a wrong time < Gr ana-, against + chronos, time

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