单词 | anachronismatical |
释义 | anachronismaticaladj. Now rare. Anachronistic. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [adjective] > involving anachronism anachronistic1778 anachronous1795 anachronismatical1801 anachronistical1832 anachronizing1870 out of period1940 1801 [implied in: W. Rhodes in tr. Juvenal Satires Pref. p. xvii I have anachronismatically given him a sort of posthumous peep into futurity... I have made him speak, as I suppose he would now,..to a modern English reader. (at anachronismatically adv.)]. 1803 Crit. Rev. Sept. 23 We disapprove this ‘mixt medley’, these ‘anachronismatical and posthumous peeps’. 1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 245 To episcopalize Saint Lazarus is quite as anachronismatical a sin as clapping the tiara upon the unconscious head of Saint Peter. 1940 Moville (Iowa) Mail 13 June 7/2 The fact remains that terminating ‘My Country 'Tis of Thee’ with ‘God Save the King’ is anachronismatical. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1801 |
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